M2.9 earthquake 3 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 3 km E of Luther, Oklahoma on Tue, Dec 5, 2017, 5:06 PM CST (23:06 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 4 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-05 23:06:39 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.660° N, 97.160° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 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 1.2 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- 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: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.29 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3221 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 2.614 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
- 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 2.84 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
- 2.56 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.05 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3212 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.89 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3212 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3211 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
- 2.58 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3211 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3210 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.37 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3210 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km NW of Alex, Oklahoma · 3210 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.06 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3209 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 7
- 3.05 km NW of Alex, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 2.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.35 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.04 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 3.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
- 2.76 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3207 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3207 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 7
- 3.56 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3207 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 24
- 3.16 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3207 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3207 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3205 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
- 3.73 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 131
- 2.45 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.84 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 126
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.53 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.46 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3196 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3196 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
- 2.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3196 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3196 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.5Oklahoma · 3194 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 10
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3194 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.46 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
- 2.64 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.44 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 3.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3184 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 174
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3184 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3183 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 19
- 3.18 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.513 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 2.43 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3178 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3178 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
The first 60 of 73.
Before
- 2.52 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 10
- 2.510 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.110 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 887
- 2.513 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.56 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.54 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
- 2.15 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3225 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
- 2.63 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3225 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.53 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.13 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 10
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.63 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 8
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3228 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.26 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3228 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 12
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3228 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
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