Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 9, 2018, 3:51 PM CST (21:51 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 4 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-12-09 21:51:18 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.276° N, 97.510° 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 IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
31°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 2850 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.63 km NNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2847 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2847 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.66 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2842 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2842 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.70 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2842 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.55 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2841 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.10 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.62 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2836 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 3.15 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
  17. 1.65 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 8
  19. 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.55 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 17
  21. 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2830 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2830 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 2.26 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2830 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 1.95 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2829 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2829 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 1.612 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 2829 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 2.313 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  28. 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 2.410 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.98 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2826 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2826 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 2.08 km NNW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2826 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2826 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  37. 2.46 km SE of Langston, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
  38. 3.04 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
  39. 1.93 km SE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 2.511 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2822 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2822 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 7
  42. 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2822 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  43. 2.56 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 154
  45. 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2814 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2814 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2814 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 66
  48. 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2814 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 7
  49. 4.04 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2813 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 474
  50. 2.45 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2813 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  51. 2.44 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2813 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 2.05 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2813 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
  53. 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 2813 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 3.18 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2812 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
  55. 2.53 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2812 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 2.35 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2812 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  57. 2.37 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2812 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.211 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2811 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  59. 2.04 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2811 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 2.42 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2811 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 2.711 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2855 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
  4. 2.75 km WNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2855 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2855 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.35 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.76 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 2.81 km E of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 3.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2860 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2862 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 2.70 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2863 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.52 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2865 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2865 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.9Kansas · 2865 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2865 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.44 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2866 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000i5fb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC.