Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 7 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 7 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 5 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-03-23 00:53:54 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.122° N, 97.815° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
22°
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: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.15 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
  2. 3.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.09 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3104 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.75 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 3.05 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.28 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3104 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.46 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.55 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.67 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.61 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.14 km NW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3099 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.514 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3098 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.81 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3098 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.53 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3098 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.713 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 3.113 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.513 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3096 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3096 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.67 km NNW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 3095 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
  23. 2.59 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3095 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 19
  24. 2.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3095 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  25. 3.110 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3095 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 2.213 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3095 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.813 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  29. 3.612 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3093 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 8
  30. 3.512 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3093 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  31. 2.712 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3092 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 3.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  33. 3.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 38
  34. 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 2.51 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 3.38 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.58 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 4.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1,498
  43. 3.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  44. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.23 km ESE of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 5
  46. 3.57 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 99
  47. 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 2.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 2.56 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  51. 3.15 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
  52. 3.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 24
  53. 4.68 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2,651
  54. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 15
  55. 2.44 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  56. 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 7
  57. 2.68 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of 144.

Before

  1. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3106 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.55 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3107 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.010 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3107 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3108 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.63 km NNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3109 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.54 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3110 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.49 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3110 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3111 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.28 km ENE of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3115 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3116 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.35 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 3118 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 9
  13. 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3118 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.87 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 3118 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 3.16 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3119 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
  16. 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3120 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  19. 3.83 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3122 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 124
  20. 2.84 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 18

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000d7sr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:33 PM UTC.