Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 5 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 5 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma on Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 6 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2018-06-22 03:29:55 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.102° N, 97.836° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
15
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

15 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
3.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 331°, dip 83°, rake 7°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 240°, dip 83°, rake 173°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Station coverage gap
36°
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: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.24 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3014 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3013 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3010 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.53 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3009 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.915 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3007 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 7
  6. 3.115 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3006 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.96 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3006 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.85 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3006 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.26 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 16
  10. 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.62 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.715 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.010 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 6
  14. 3.56 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3003 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.8Oklahoma · 3003 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.95 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3002 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2998 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 3.45 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 40
  19. 2.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 3.15 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.813 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2995 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2994 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 2.34 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2994 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.47 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2993 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2993 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 15
  26. 2.65 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2992 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  27. 2.12 km NE of Agra, Oklahoma · 2992 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2990 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.43 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 2.42 km NNW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  31. 3.15 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 207
  32. 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2987 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 10
  35. 2.59 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 3.05 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  38. 3.15 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 20
  39. 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2984 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 2.65 km NNE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.05 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  45. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 17
  46. 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 124
  47. 2.66 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  48. 3.07 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 3.15 km SE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 3.35 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 2.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2978 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  54. 2.66 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2977 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2977 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 2.86 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
  57. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 2.48 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  59. 3.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2971 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
  60. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2971 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

  1. 2.912 km WSW of Union City, Oklahoma · 3015 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.63 km N of Chester, Oklahoma · 3016 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.61 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 3.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5
  5. 3.111 km WSW of Union City, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.511 km WSW of Union City, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.712 km WSW of Union City, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3018 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3018 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.410 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3019 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 3.310 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3019 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 7
  12. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3020 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.910 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3020 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 6
  14. 2.910 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3020 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 4.0Oklahoma · 3020 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 154
  16. 2.44 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3022 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 3.115 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3025 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.87 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3026 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.411 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3026 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.98 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ey9c. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:07 AM UTC.