Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 5 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma on Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 2:25 PM CST (20:25 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 0 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-12-18 20:25:10 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.115° N, 97.841° 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, 4.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.27
Station coverage gap
36°
Stations used
81

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.70 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.55 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2833 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.10 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2830 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.62 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2829 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 3.15 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
  9. 1.65 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 8
  11. 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.55 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 17
  13. 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.26 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2822 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.313 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.410 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.98 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 2.08 km NNW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.219 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 2.46 km SE of Langston, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
  29. 3.04 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 6
  30. 1.93 km SE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 2.511 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2814 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
  33. 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2814 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 2.015 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 2.56 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 154
  37. 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 66
  40. 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 7
  41. 2.05 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2806 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
  42. 2.45 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 2.211 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 2.04 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 2.84 km S of Minco, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  46. 2.42 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 2.411 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  48. 2.35 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.06 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 2.16 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.34 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 8
  53. 2.16 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.35 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2799 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.02 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 2.37 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  57. 2.45 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  58. 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2796 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.46 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2796 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 2.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 2793 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 2.66 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2836 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  3. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2837 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2837 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  5. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 2842 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.711 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2847 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.75 km WNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.35 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000iuvx. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:59 AM UTC.