M1.8 earthquake 13 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 13 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma on Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 8 km SSW of Warwick, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Oklahoma Geological Survey
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-29 23:53:58 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.475° N, 98.082° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 64
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.611 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1797 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.811 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1797 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.57 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 1797 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.64 km ENE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 1796 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.18 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma · 1795 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.08 km SSW of Warwick, Oklahoma · 1791 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1786 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1785 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.88 km SSW of Warwick, Oklahoma · 1785 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 14
- 1.78 km SSW of Warwick, Oklahoma · 1785 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1785 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.98 km SSW of Warwick, Oklahoma · 1785 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Washington, Oklahoma · 1780 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1778 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.72 km S of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 1778 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 1776 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1775 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.49 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 1773 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 9
- 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1773 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1773 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.82 km WSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 1772 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 1.88 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1771 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Minco, Oklahoma · 1768 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 5
- 1.76 km NW of Minco, Oklahoma · 1768 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.45 km SW of Union City, Oklahoma · 1768 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
- 1.61 km W of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1765 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.61 km SW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 1764 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 1.57 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1762 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.68 km S of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1762 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.89 km SSE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1760 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1759 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.710 km SSE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1758 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 1758 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.64 km E of Medicine Park, Oklahoma · 1758 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.95 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1758 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.75 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1757 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1756 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.1Oklahoma · 1755 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 2.17 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1754 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.510 km SSE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1751 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.14 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 1751 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.72 km WNW of Crescent, Oklahoma · 1750 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.46 km SE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1749 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 1749 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1747 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.16 km SE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1747 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1747 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 2.37 km SE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1747 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 2.39 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 1743 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
Before
- 1.94 km NE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 1805 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.62 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 1813 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 1814 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.59 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 1815 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.65 km W of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.62 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 1820 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 1.83 km E of Bradley, Oklahoma · 1820 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.13 km E of Bradley, Oklahoma · 1820 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
- 1.710 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1821 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.710 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1823 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 1.63 km E of Bradley, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.73 km E of Bradley, Oklahoma · 1826 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021vfts. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:44 PM UTC.