M3.1 earthquake 12 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 12 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 1, 2018, 6:12 PM CST (00:12 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 4 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (mb_lg), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-02 00:12:48 UTC
- Depth
- 7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.416° N, 96.906° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.81 km E of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.76 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2857 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.35 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2857 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 6
- 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.711 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km NNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2850 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2848 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2848 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2846 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2846 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2842 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2840 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2836 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.65 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2833 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2833 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 8
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 17
- 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.95 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2830 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2830 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.313 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2829 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
- 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2826 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2826 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.46 km SE of Langston, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
- 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
- 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 154
- 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 66
- 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
- 4.04 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 474
- 2.45 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.44 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.05 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 2814 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.53 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2813 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.35 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2813 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.37 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2813 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.211 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2812 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.42 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2812 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2811 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.06 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2810 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5Kansas · 2810 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2810 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.711 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2805 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 3.33 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 8
The first 60 of 62.
Before
- 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2860 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2861 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2863 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2864 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2866 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 2.44 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2867 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.43 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2870 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.94 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.613 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2874 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
- 2.91 km S of Medford, Oklahoma · 2876 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 2.72 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2876 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.30 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 60
- 2.64 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 2879 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.09 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2879 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 13
- 2.51 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2879 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.51 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2879 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2880 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.45 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2882 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000i02y. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:42 PM UTC.