M2.5 earthquake 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 1, 2018, 8:14 AM CST (14:14 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 12 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-01 14:14:56 UTC
- Depth
- 8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.697° N, 97.683° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.7 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.32
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 157
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.81 km E of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.35 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
- 1.73 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.711 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.63 km NNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2841 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2841 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 2837 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.412 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 2836 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2836 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 3.10 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.91 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 2830 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
- 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 8
- 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.26 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.612 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 2822 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.313 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2821 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
- 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2821 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2821 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.410 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2821 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.08 km NNW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.34 km SSW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 2818 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.46 km SE of Langston, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
- 3.04 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 6
- 1.93 km SE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 7
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.56 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 154
- 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 66
- 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 7
- 4.04 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 474
- 2.45 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.44 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
The first 60 of 81.
Before
- 3.29 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2853 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 9
- 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2855 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9Kansas · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.44 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.710 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 2860 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.14 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2861 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 5
- 2.43 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2862 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.97 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 2862 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2864 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2865 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.88 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2865 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 3.010 km E of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2866 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 8
- 2.613 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2866 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2866 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 33
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hzm0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC.