M3.3 earthquake 11 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 11 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma on Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-22 02:37:43 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.113° N, 98.029° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 7
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 2.5% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- -0.8 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 3.2 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 31°, dip 81°, rake 155°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 125°, dip 65°, rake 10°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Station coverage gap
- 37°
- Stations used
- 88
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.54 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.53 km S of Union City, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.92 km ENE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.64 km S of Union City, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.54 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.63 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 1.51 km ENE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2009 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.72 km ENE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.61 km NE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.84 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
- 1.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.54 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.43 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.54 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
- 1.54 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.84 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.54 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.17 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.63 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 2004 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.23 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 2004 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.96 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2004 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.07 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2004 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2004 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2002 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1999 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1999 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.74 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 1997 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1997 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1995 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 17
- 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1995 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1994 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.22 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1994 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 21
- 1.62 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1994 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.71 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1994 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1989 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1988 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
- 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1988 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.83 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1987 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1987 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.05 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1986 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1986 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1986 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1984 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.010 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1984 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1984 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1984 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1984 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1984 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.17 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 1984 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.711 km SE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1982 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 1980 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 1980 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.93 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1979 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1979 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of 96.
Before
- 1.75 km NW of Bison, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.95 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.63 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 2.49 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.74 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.93 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.23 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 1.811 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 2015 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2016 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2017 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2017 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.48 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2018 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021fqjl (also filed as us7000dlij). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC.