M2.5 earthquake 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 11:22 PM CST (05:22 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 17 km SSE of Waynoka, 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
- 2018-12-14 05:22:08 UTC
- Depth
- 9.3 km (5.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.453° N, 98.770° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2840 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2837 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2836 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2836 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.10 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2826 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 6
- 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 8
- 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.26 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2821 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2821 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.410 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2821 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.08 km NNW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.219 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.04 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
- 1.93 km SE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.511 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.56 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.18 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
- 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.04 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2805 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.14 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.34 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 8
- 2.46 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.02 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2798 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 2794 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2793 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2792 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 2.11 km ESE of Hazelton, Kansas · 2791 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2790 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.39 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma · 2788 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.96 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.51 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.39 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.3Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.27 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.214 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2842 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2846 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 2846 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2846 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
- 2.75 km WNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2850 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2850 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.81 km E of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.21 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.61 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2854 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2857 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
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