Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 0 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 0 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma on Tue, Oct 2, 2018, 5:29 AM CDT (10:29 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 1 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2018-10-02 10:29:16 UTC
Depth
3.8 km (2.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.220° N, 98.930° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
46°
Stations used
0

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.31 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2911 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2908 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.51 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2908 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.90 km WNW of Bison, Oklahoma · 2906 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2902 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.10 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 2892 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.50 km SE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2883 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.52 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2882 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.78 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2872 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2870 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.74 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2866 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 33
  12. 2.89 km NE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2861 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.44 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2854 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 2.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2913 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.71 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2913 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2914 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.72 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.91 km SSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 3.01 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2917 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.04 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2918 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 2.55 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2927 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.50 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2931 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  13. 3.08 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2931 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2932 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3

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