M2.8 earthquake 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Mon, Dec 19, 2016, 6:51 AM CST (12:51 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 5 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-19 12:51:56 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.670° N, 97.397° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 8
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.7 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 22°
- 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: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.25 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Garber, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 52
- 2.85 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 9
- 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
- 3.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 18
- 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 2.610 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3556 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 19
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 34
- 2.89 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km NE of Agra, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 9
- 2.74 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
- 2.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 9
- 2.57 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.63 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 12
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
- 2.64 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 3.39 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 3.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 10
- 2.712 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 3.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 9
- 2.15 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 9
- 2.511 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.58 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.711 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
- 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 50
- 2.85 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 13
- 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 7
- 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 7
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 29
- 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6
- 2.59 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.85 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.016 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 12
- 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.34 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 2.93 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 22
- 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
The first 60 of 95.
Before
- 2.59 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.33 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 3
- 3.07 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 248
- 3.312 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.515 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 3.12 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 5
- 2.42 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3567 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.61 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
- 2.51 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
- 2.33 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
- 2.92 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 16
- 2.63 km SE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3571 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
- 3.24 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.43 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
- 2.94 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.46 km SSW of Enid, Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 101
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200082k6. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC.