M3.0 earthquake 3 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 3 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 10:05 PM CST (04:05 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 4 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (mb_lg), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-29 04:05:57 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.100° N, 97.867° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 8
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 33°
- Stations used
- 49
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 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 17
- 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2823 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 · 2822 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 · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.410 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2820 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 · 2819 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.08 km NNW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2819 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 · 2818 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 · 2817 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 · 50 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 · 2808 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 154
- 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 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 · 29 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 · 2806 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 · 2804 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.04 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.84 km S of Minco, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
- 2.42 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.35 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.14 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.06 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.16 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 3.34 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 8
- 2.16 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.35 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2800 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.02 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.37 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
- 2.45 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.46 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 2793 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km S of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2792 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.35 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2792 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2791 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2789 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 2789 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2788 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.39 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma · 2787 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.96 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of 87.
Before
- 1.65 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 6
- 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2829 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 3.10 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2836 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
- 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.711 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000iytp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC.