M2.2 earthquake 13 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 13 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 2:28 AM CST (08:28 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 13 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-30 08:28:18 UTC
- Depth
- 5.4 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.444° N, 96.876° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 84
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.95 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2822 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2822 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.313 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
- 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.46 km SE of Langston, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
- 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
- 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 154
- 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 66
- 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 7
- 4.04 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 474
- 2.45 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.44 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.05 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2806 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
- 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.53 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.35 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.37 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.211 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.42 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.06 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.5Kansas · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.711 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 2798 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
- 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 3.33 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2796 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 8
- 2.46 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2796 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.37 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2793 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 2789 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2787 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.39 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma · 2787 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.41 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 11
- 2.31 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.98 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.34 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2780 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.55 km W of South Haven, Kansas · 2777 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.210 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2777 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 21
- 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2777 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 1.86 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2775 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.11 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2774 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.26 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2773 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 2.79 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2772 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.44 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2768 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 7
- 2.49 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2763 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.23 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2763 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 20
Before
- 2.55 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 17
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 8
- 1.65 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2837 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2837 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
- 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2840 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2840 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.63 km NNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2842 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.711 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
- 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
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