M3.4 earthquake 7 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 7 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma on Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 6:18 PM CST (00:18 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 1 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-21 00:18:36 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.124° N, 97.815° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 6
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.1 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- 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: 131 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 3.18 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
- 2.65 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
- 2.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.09 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
- 3.05 km S of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3130 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
- 2.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3128 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 3.73 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 41
- 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3126 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3126 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 5
- 2.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.54 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2,000
- 2.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
- 4.25 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 831
- 3.05 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 8
- 2.84 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 18
- 3.83 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 124
- 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3119 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
- 3.16 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3118 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
- 2.87 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 3117 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3117 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.35 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 3117 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 9
- 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3116 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3115 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 2.28 km ENE of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3111 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.49 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3109 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 5
- 2.54 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3109 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3
- 2.63 km NNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3108 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3107 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
- 3.010 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3107 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.55 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3106 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.97 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.15 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
- 3.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3104 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.75 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 2.28 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3103 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.46 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.55 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.61 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3100 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.14 km NW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3098 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.514 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3098 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.81 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.713 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of 131.
Before
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3136 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3136 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 8
- 2.91 km NW of Minco, Oklahoma · 3137 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 9
- 3.215 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3138 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 11
- 2.66 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3138 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.84 km SSW of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 8
- 2.79 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 3.23 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
- 2.510 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3141 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.314 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3141 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.711 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3142 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 13
- 2.82 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d5n0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:01 AM UTC.