Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 1 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 1 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma on Sat, Oct 6, 2018, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 0 km WNW of Bison, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

Seiling forecastMore in Oklahoma

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-10-06 22:01:07 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.220° N, 98.937° 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.7 km horizontally, 5.5 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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.90 km WNW of Bison, Oklahoma · 2907 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2902 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.10 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 2892 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.50 km SE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2884 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.52 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2883 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.78 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2872 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2870 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.74 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2866 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 33
  9. 2.89 km NE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2862 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.44 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2855 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2854 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 2.61 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 2.21 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.75 km WNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 6

Before

  1. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2909 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 3.31 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2912 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 3.00 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2913 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2913 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.71 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2913 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2914 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 2.72 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.91 km SSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2916 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 3.01 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2918 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  11. 3.04 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2919 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 2.55 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2927 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.50 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2931 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 3.08 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2931 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2933 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away

Earthquakes todayOklahoma earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000h89b. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC.