M3.1 earthquake 8 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 8 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 15, 2018, 11:03 PM CST (05:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 4 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-16 05:03:11 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.123° N, 97.808° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.1 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 26°
- 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: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.813 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.614 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3178 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.513 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3178 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 2.43 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3177 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3177 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3176 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3174 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3174 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3173 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 5
- 2.74 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3173 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3173 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3173 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 4
- 2.03 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3169 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.914 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3169 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.72 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3169 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3167 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 3.05 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3167 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 2.73 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3167 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 6
- 2.69 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3163 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Union City, Oklahoma · 3163 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3162 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km SSE of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.74 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 6
- 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3160 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 26
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3160 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3159 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3159 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3159 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3159 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 8
- 1.77 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.76 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3157 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3157 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 11
- 2.36 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3157 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.06 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3156 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 5
- 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3156 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3156 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3156 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 4
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3156 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 5
- 2.76 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3155 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.63 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3154 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3153 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 14
- 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3153 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.82 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 13
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
- 2.711 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.314 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.510 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.23 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
- 2.79 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 2.84 km SSW of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 8
- 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 102.
Before
- 2.614 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3182 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 19
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3182 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3183 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 174
- 2.717 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3183 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3183 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 2.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3184 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.50 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.44 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.64 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.41 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 6
- 2.81 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
- 2.64 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3193 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3193 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 8
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cjuq. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:07 PM UTC.