December 19, 2010 Earthquake: Luther, Oklahoma, United States
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck Luther, Oklahoma, United States on December 19, 2010 at 05:05:30 UTC, 5 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- December 19, 2010
- Time
- 05:05:30 UTC
- Place
- Luther, Oklahoma, United States
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 5 km (3 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.827° N, 96.772° W
- Country
- United States
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses damaged
- Few (about 1 to 50)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
mbLg 3.7 (GS). Slight damage including a cracked wall and window at Luther. Felt (IV) at Stroud; (III) at Agra and Cushing; (II) at Chandler, Drumright Owasso and Sand Springs. Also felt at Bartlesville, Broken Arrow, Davenport, Hartshorne, Jenks, Kiefer, Morrison, Nowata, Oklahoma City,
Prague, Sapulpa, Shawnee, Stillwater, Tryon and Tulsa. Felt at Decatur, Arkansas; Arkansas City, Columbus, Derby and Wichita, Kansas; Bedford and Saint Jo, Texas. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- November 7, 2016, Cushing, Oklahoma, United States
- November 6, 2011, Sparks, Oklahoma, United States
- November 8, 2011, Sparks, Prague, Oklahoma, United States
- February 9, 2014, Guthrie, Oklahoma, United States
- July 15, 2014, Harrah, Oklahoma, United States
- March 4, 2018, Breckenridge, Enid, Oklahoma, United States
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 9826.