M2.6 earthquake 2 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 1:43 AM CST (07:43 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 5 km WNW of Carmen, 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
- 2018-12-05 07:43:06 UTC
- Depth
- 4.4 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.099° N, 97.871° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 76
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.75 km WNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
- 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.711 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2840 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2837 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2836 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 3.10 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2830 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 6
- 1.65 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 8
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 17
- 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.26 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.313 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2821 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
- 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2821 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2821 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.410 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2821 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.08 km NNW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.219 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.46 km SE of Langston, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
- 3.04 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 6
- 1.93 km SE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.511 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 7
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.015 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.56 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 154
- 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 66
- 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 7
- 2.05 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
- 2.45 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.211 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2805 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of 83.
Before
- 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.81 km E of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.21 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.61 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2855 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 3.04 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 2.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.44 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.14 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2861 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
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