M2.8 earthquake 1 km E of Fairmont, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 1 km E of Fairmont, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 2:37 AM CST (08:37 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 4 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-02 08:37:16 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.358° N, 97.685° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Station coverage gap
- 32°
- Stations used
- 97
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2860 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2860 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.76 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.35 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2857 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2857 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2857 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
- 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2854 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 2854 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.711 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.63 km NNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2849 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2849 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2847 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2846 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2846 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 2845 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2840 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 3.10 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 1.91 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 2838 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2836 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2836 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
- 1.65 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2833 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 8
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2833 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2833 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 17
- 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.26 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.95 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.612 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 2831 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.313 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2829 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2829 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2829 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.410 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2829 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.08 km NNW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.219 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2826 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2826 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.46 km SE of Langston, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
- 3.04 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 6
- 1.93 km SE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
The first 60 of 96.
Before
- 3.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2860 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2861 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2862 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2863 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2864 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2865 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2866 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2866 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9Kansas · 2866 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2867 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.44 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2867 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.710 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 2868 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.14 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2869 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
- 2.43 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2872 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2872 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.94 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2872 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2872 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.010 km E of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2874 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 8
- 2.613 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2874 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000i0c8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:47 AM UTC.