M2.6 earthquake 14 km W of Union City, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 14 km W of Union City, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 7, 2017, 11:48 PM CST (05:48 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 5 km N of Dover, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-08 05:48:07 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.381° N, 98.101° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 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 2.5 km horizontally, 7.0 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: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3209 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
- 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 2.84 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 3206 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 5
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.06 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3202 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km NW of Alex, Oklahoma · 3200 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.06 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3200 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
- 3.05 km NW of Alex, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.35 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.04 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 3.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
- 2.76 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
- 3.56 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 24
- 3.16 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3196 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
- 3.73 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 131
- 2.45 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.84 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 126
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.53 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.46 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
- 2.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3186 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.5Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 10
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 8
- 2.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3184 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3183 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.46 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
- 2.64 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.44 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 3177 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
- 3.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3175 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 174
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3174 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3174 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 19
- 3.18 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 2.513 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3169 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 2.68 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3169 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.55 km N of Foster, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
- 2.74 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3164 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.76 km N of Foster, Oklahoma · 3163 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of 71.
Before
- 2.93 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
- 2.52 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.513 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.54 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 6
- 2.15 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
- 2.63 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.53 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.13 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 10
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.63 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 8
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.26 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 12
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3221 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
- 2.75 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3221 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 115
- 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c1yj. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:59 PM UTC.