M2.0 earthquake 10 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 10 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 15, 2021, 11:05 PM CST (05:05 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 4 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-16 05:05:29 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.863° N, 96.683° 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 65
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.14 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 1742 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.18 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1740 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1740 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.72 km WNW of Crescent, Oklahoma · 1740 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.88 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1740 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 1739 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 2.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 1728 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.67 km E of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1720 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Wetumka, Oklahoma · 1717 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1712 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1712 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.23 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1711 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 2.25 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.77 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 1689 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1683 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 1.911 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1742 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.86 km W of Johnson, Oklahoma · 1743 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1751 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
- 1.99 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1757 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.810 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1760 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1760 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.87 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 1760 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1760 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.95 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 1760 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.89 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1760 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1760 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1762 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.29 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1763 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.05 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 1768 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1771 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021yoaq. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.