Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 0 km N of Red Rock, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 0 km N of Red Rock, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 9:12 PM CST (03:12 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-12-21 03:12:27 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.466° N, 97.180° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.8 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
55°
Stations used
0

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.78 km NNE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.713 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.86 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.56 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.98 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.57 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 3.58 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 26
  12. 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 3.310 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
  17. 3.02 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.312 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3938 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.912 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3938 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 2.7Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.74 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.76 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 3.26 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 3.46 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 8
  28. 1.6Kansas · 3937 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 3.06 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  30. 3.18 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 3.67 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 8
  32. 2.57 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3936 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 3.012 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 3.07 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  36. 3.27 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 10
  37. 2.85 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 2.69 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
  40. 2.614 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  41. 3.47 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 41
  42. 2.66 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  43. 3.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 182
  44. 1.99 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3933 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.69 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 2.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  47. 3.46 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 6
  48. 3.210 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  49. 1.67 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3933 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 4.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 983
  51. 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 3.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 39
  53. 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 2.78 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 2.63 km E of Milan, Kansas · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  56. 3.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  57. 2.74 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 3.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 17
  59. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 3.0Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.58 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 3.04 km SW of Marland, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.14 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.46 km NNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.55 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.65 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3941 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3942 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.51 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 3.36 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 3.210 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  13. 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3943 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 3.33 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.73 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 3.46 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
  17. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 3.72 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 26
  19. 1.57 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3944 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.89 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100048j8. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:13 PM UTC.