M2.8 earthquake 9 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 15, 2017, 6:05 PM CST (00:05 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 6 km NNW of Meridian, 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
- 2017-12-16 00:05:41 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.232° N, 97.545° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- 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: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.52 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.06 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3202 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
- 2.58 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3202 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3201 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.85 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3201 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3201 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.37 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3201 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 3.06 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3200 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 7
- 2.02 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3200 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
- 2.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.35 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.04 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 3.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 7
- 2.76 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 7
- 3.56 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 24
- 3.16 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3196 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
- 2.56 km ENE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3194 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.98 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3192 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 1.96 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3192 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.62 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3192 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 5
- 3.84 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 126
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.46 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 7
- 2.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 2.010 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3186 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3185 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.5Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 10
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 8
- 2.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3183 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.81 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 6
- 2.41 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 2.64 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3179 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3178 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.50 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3177 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3176 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3176 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 3.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3175 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 174
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3174 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 117.
Before
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.05 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3204 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3205 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.84 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 3206 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.52 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
- 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3209 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 6
- 3.29 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3212 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
- 2.93 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
- 2.52 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 10
- 2.510 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.110 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 887
- 3.05 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.56 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.54 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 6
- 2.15 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
- 2.63 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c54x. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:12 PM UTC.