M1.6 earthquake 2 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 2 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 11:03 PM CST (05:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-24 05:03:21 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.706° N, 97.995° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people 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 1.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
- 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 8
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 17
- 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.26 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2822 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.08 km NNW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.46 km SE of Langston, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 2.56 km SSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
- 3.04 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
- 1.93 km SE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.511 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.015 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 154
- 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 66
- 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 7
- 2.05 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2806 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
- 2.45 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.211 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.84 km S of Minco, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
- 2.411 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.35 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 3.34 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 8
- 2.16 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.35 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2800 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.37 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
- 2.45 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.46 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.510 km S of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2792 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.35 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2792 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2791 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2789 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.39 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma · 2787 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.13 km WNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 2786 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 6
- 2.45 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.51 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.3Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.98 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.214 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.55 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 7
- 2.24 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2780 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 7
- 1.913 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2780 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.16 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
- 3.48 km NNE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 79
- 2.36 km ENE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2776 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
The first 60 of 67.
Before
- 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 6
- 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.81 km E of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2855 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 2857 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 3.04 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
- 2.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000iwzw. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC.