M2.3 earthquake 4 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 10:29 AM CST (16:29 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 10 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-18 16:29:43 UTC
- Depth
- 6.8 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.984° N, 97.200° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Station coverage gap
- 25°
- Stations used
- 101
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1739 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.71 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 1730 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
- 2.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 1729 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.01 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 1728 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 8
- 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1727 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1727 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1723 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.67 km E of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1722 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 1715 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1714 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1714 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1713 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.23 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1713 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 2.25 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 1710 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.02 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1708 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1707 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.614 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1704 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.914 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1703 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.714 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1703 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.813 km S of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1703 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.814 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1703 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.99 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1699 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1697 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.89 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1697 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 1.68 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1697 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1696 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 1.78 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.02 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1694 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1694 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.95 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1693 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 1690 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1690 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 7
- 1.95 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 1689 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1685 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.72 km WNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1681 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 1.88 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1741 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.72 km WNW of Crescent, Oklahoma · 1741 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1741 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.18 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1742 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1743 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.14 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 1743 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 1743 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.911 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1743 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.86 km W of Johnson, Oklahoma · 1745 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1747 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1747 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1748 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.75 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1749 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.95 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1749 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 1750 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1751 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1752 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
- 1.57 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1754 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.61 km SW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 1756 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 1.61 km W of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1756 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
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