M2.7 earthquake 0 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 0 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma on Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 2:27 PM CST (20:27 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 3 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-18 20:27:08 UTC
- Depth
- 7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.964° N, 97.238° 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 II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.8 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Station coverage gap
- 31°
- Stations used
- 96
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.55 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2830 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.65 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2826 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 8
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 17
- 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.95 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.313 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2821 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
- 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2821 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2821 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.46 km SE of Langston, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 4
- 3.04 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
- 1.93 km SE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.511 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 154
- 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 66
- 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 7
- 2.05 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
- 2.45 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.211 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2805 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.35 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 3.34 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 8
- 2.16 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.35 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.711 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 2799 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 2.37 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2798 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
- 2.45 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2798 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2798 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 2.46 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2798 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.510 km S of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2793 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.35 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2792 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2790 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 2790 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2788 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.39 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma · 2788 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2786 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.41 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 11
- 2.31 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.3Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.98 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.214 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.24 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 7
- 1.913 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2780 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.48 km NNE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2779 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 79
The first 60 of 63.
Before
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
- 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.35 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2850 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.76 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2850 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.81 km E of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2854 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2857 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 3.04 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 2.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000iuvy. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 6:56 AM UTC.