M3.1 earthquake 5 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 5 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 6:32 AM CST (12:32 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 4 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (mb_lg), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-28 12:32:28 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.386° N, 98.386° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 6
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
6 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 45°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 8
- 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.26 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.410 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 2.08 km NNW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.219 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.04 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 6
- 1.93 km SE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.511 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 7
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.56 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 154
- 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 66
- 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7
- 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.18 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
- 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.211 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.04 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.42 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.14 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.06 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 3.34 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 8
- 2.46 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2800 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.02 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 2793 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km S of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2792 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.35 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2791 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2790 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 2.11 km ESE of Hazelton, Kansas · 2790 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2789 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.39 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma · 2787 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2785 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.96 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.51 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.39 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.3Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.27 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.34 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.214 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2780 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2779 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.92 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2779 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.36 km ENE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2776 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2776 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2775 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.415 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2773 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.79 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2772 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.218 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2769 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.24 km SW of Aline, OK · 2768 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.44 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2768 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
Before
- 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2829 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 3.10 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2830 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2836 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
- 1.66 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 2836 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2837 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2841 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.711 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000iym1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:14 AM UTC.