M1.9 earthquake 21 km NE of Chester, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 21 km NE of Chester, Oklahoma on Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 2:45 PM CST (20:45 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 14 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-28 20:45:11 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.352° N, 98.748° 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 84
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.710 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 1731 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 1720 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1718 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1717 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1717 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.810 km NNW of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 1716 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.59 km NNW of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 1716 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1716 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.02 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1714 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1711 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.524 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 1710 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.614 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.910 km E of Chester, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.914 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.714 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.813 km S of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.814 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.810 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 1706 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1702 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.02 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1700 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1699 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1698 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.3Oklahoma · 1697 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 7
- 1.95 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 1694 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 1.72 km WNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1687 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.22 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1684 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1680 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
Before
- 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1743 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1744 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1745 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1746 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1749 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1752 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.75 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1755 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1755 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.95 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1755 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 1755 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.64 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1755 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.77 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 1756 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1757 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.76 km W of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 1758 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.37 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1759 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.61 km W of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1762 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.924 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 1764 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1765 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 1.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1765 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1765 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021zldr. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC.