M1.6 earthquake 5 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 11:00 AM CST (17:00 UTC), 7 km (4 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-28 17:00:35 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.986° N, 96.826° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person 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 1.3 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 17
- 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.95 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.313 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2821 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
- 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2821 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2821 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.46 km SE of Langston, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
- 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 154
- 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 66
- 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7
- 2.05 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
- 2.211 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2805 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.711 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 2798 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.46 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 2789 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2788 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.39 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma · 2788 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2786 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.41 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 11
- 2.31 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.98 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.48 km NNE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 79
- 3.210 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 21
- 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 2.69 km NNE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2775 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.11 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2775 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 2.79 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2773 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
- 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.76 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.81 km E of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000iyna. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:49 PM UTC.