M2.6 earthquake 6 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma on Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 10:52 PM CST (04:52 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 0 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-18 04:52:38 UTC
- Depth
- 6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.572° N, 98.204° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 3.10 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2830 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 1.91 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 2830 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2826 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 6
- 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 8
- 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.26 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.612 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 2823 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 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 · 61 km away
- 2.410 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2821 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 2.08 km NNW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.34 km SSW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.219 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 2819 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.04 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 6
- 1.93 km SE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.511 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 7
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.56 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 154
- 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 66
- 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 7
- 4.04 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 474
- 2.45 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.44 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.18 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
- 2.53 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.35 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.37 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.211 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2805 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.04 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2805 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.42 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.14 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.06 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.53 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2802 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.5Kansas · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 3.34 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 8
- 2.46 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.02 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2798 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2798 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 3.33 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2798 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 8
- 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.37 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2794 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 2794 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2792 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2791 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
The first 60 of 80.
Before
- 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2837 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
- 1.66 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 2837 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 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 · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2840 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2840 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2841 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2841 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2842 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.63 km NNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.711 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 2846 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2846 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000iumt. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC.