Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 6 km WSW of Yale, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 6 km WSW of Yale, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 27, 2019, 9:04 PM CST (03:04 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 4 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-28 03:04:18 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.093° N, 96.767° 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

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Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Station coverage gap
71°
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: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.69 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 2460 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.510 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 1.54 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.44 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.42 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 10
  7. 1.6Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2449 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 2.17 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2444 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.74 km E of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.77 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.13 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.27 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 10
  17. 1.89 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 1.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 2.39 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 1.62 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 1.83 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 2.72 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 6
  25. 1.83 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 2.110 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2431 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.65 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2428 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 1.72 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 1.68 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 2.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 1.93 km SE of Carney, OK · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.98 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 1.56 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 1.6Oklahoma · 2423 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 2.34 km NW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 2421 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 1.69 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 1.76 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 1.64 km ESE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 2.09 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 2.36 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2416 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  41. 2.33 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 2.33 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  43. 1.74 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 2.02 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2409 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 1.92 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  46. 2.92 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
  47. 1.82 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 2407 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  48. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 2.6Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  50. 1.72 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 2.57 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2405 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  52. 1.67 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2405 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  53. 1.72 km WNW of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2404 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 1.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 2.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away

Before

  1. 1.67 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.915 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 1.98 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.16 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  5. 1.63 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.73 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.19 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.66 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.79 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.56 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 3.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 29
  14. 1.81 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.32 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.1Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.18 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2476 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.51 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2476 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.24 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2479 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.64 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2479 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019zjur (also filed as us60007lq7). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC.