M2.2 earthquake 1 km S of Chester, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 1 km S of Chester, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 1, 2018, 6:34 PM CST (00:34 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 4 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-02 00:34:02 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.207° N, 98.922° 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, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2863 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2861 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2860 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2860 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2860 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
- 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2857 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2857 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 2855 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2850 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2847 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2847 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2837 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 6
- 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2836 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 8
- 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.26 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2832 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.08 km NNW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.219 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2830 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.04 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 6
- 1.93 km SE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.511 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.04 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.14 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2814 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.34 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2813 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 8
- 2.46 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2812 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.02 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.35 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 2.61 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2864 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2864 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2865 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2867 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2868 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2870 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.44 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.89 km NE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2873 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.74 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 33
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2882 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.78 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2884 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.63 km NNE of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2892 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
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