M2.8 earthquake 9 km NE of Thomas, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km NE of Thomas, Oklahoma on Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 9:26 PM CST (03:26 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 1 km S of Chester, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-22 03:26:24 UTC
- Depth
- 4.4 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.806° N, 98.682° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Station coverage gap
- 162°
- Stations used
- 97
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.44 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2855 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2854 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.61 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.21 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2847 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 6
- 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2841 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2836 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2829 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
- 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 8
- 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.26 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.08 km NNW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.219 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.04 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 6
- 1.93 km SE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.511 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2814 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.015 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.45 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.84 km S of Minco, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
- 2.35 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 2.14 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.16 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 3.010 km E of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2865 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 8
- 2.915 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2867 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2869 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.44 km ENE of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2872 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 2.63 km NNE of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2879 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 2.52 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2882 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.50 km SE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2883 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hvaq. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:54 AM UTC.