M2.3 earthquake 3 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 18, 2016, 5:50 AM CST (11:50 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 9 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-18 11:50:21 UTC
- Depth
- 3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.390° N, 96.738° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.9 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- 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: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.59 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 8
- 3.25 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 7
- 2.62 km N of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Garber, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 52
- 2.85 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 9
- 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
- 3.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 18
- 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 2.610 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3556 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 19
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 34
- 2.89 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km NE of Agra, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 9
- 2.74 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
- 2.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 9
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
- 3.39 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 3.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 10
- 2.712 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 3.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 9
- 2.15 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 9
- 2.511 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 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 · 94 km away · felt by 4
- 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 50
- 2.85 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 13
- 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 7
- 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.06 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 2.62 km NNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 8
- 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.96 km WNW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 7
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 29
- 2.78 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 6
- 2.85 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.73 km SSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 107.
Before
- 3.07 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 248
- 3.312 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.515 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.12 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 5
- 2.56 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 3.25 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
- 2.33 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 6
- 2.92 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 16
- 3.24 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.94 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3575 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3576 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.20 km NNW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3576 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 34
- 3.32 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3577 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 8
- 2.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 9
- 2.57 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.24 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 19
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008296. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC.