Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 7:07 PM CST (01:07 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 7 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-17 01:07:29 UTC
Depth
7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.762° N, 98.071° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
53

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2471 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.65 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.45 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.66 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.73 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.72 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.14 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 1.54 km S of Alva, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.63 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.16 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.67 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  21. 1.87 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  22. 1.67 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  24. 2.15 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 1.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 3.71 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 70
  27. 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 2.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 1.54 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2458 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 2.44 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 3.14 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  33. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2456 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2456 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 1.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2456 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2456 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 1.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 2.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.9Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2454 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 1.53 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2454 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2454 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 1.712 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 1.514 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2451 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 1.6Oklahoma · 2451 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 1.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2449 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 2.35 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2449 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 2.25 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2448 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 2.42 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  54. 3.45 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 16
  55. 2.38 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.24 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.54 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  58. 2.15 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 2.24 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 133.

Before

  1. 2.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 1.56 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.74 km E of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.06 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.86 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.06 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.96 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.81 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.32 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.07 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2476 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.1Oklahoma · 2476 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.51 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2476 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2477 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2477 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019ypoh (also filed as us60006sh4). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:48 AM UTC.