Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 3:30 AM CST (09:30 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 13 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-12-31 09:30:56 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.674° N, 97.390° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.2 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Station coverage gap
32°
Stations used
86

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 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.313 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.98 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.46 km SE of Langston, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.56 km SSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
  11. 2.511 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.015 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 154
  14. 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 66
  17. 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 7
  18. 2.05 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2806 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.45 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.211 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.84 km S of Minco, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
  22. 2.411 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 2.35 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.16 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.16 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 2.35 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2800 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.711 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 2798 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.31 km NW of Wayne, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 2.37 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
  31. 2.45 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.46 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.510 km S of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2792 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 2.35 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2791 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.21 km NE of Wayne, Oklahoma · 2790 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 2.55 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2789 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.15 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 2789 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2787 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 2.39 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma · 2787 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 2.13 km WNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.75 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
  44. 2.45 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.41 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 11
  46. 2.31 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 2.65 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 2.3Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 1.98 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  50. 2.214 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2780 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 2.55 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2780 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 7
  52. 2.24 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2780 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 7
  53. 1.913 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2779 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 2.16 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  55. 3.48 km NNE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 79
  56. 3.210 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2777 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 21
  57. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2777 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.69 km NNE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2775 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.11 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2774 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.34 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2774 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 1.95 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2822 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.55 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 17
  4. 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
  6. 1.65 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.62 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2829 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.55 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.70 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2837 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2837 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
  19. 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.76 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000izel. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:34 AM UTC.