M3.6 earthquake 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-19 22:24:34 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.758° N, 98.065° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 10
- 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
- 5.6% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 0.8 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 3.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 12°, dip 69°, rake 103°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 160°, dip 25°, rake 60°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 101
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 5
- 2.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.66 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1828 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.81 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.710 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.66 km SSW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1826 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1826 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.77 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
- 1.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.50 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
- 1.83 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.85 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.52 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1822 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.62 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1819 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.74 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.72 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.33 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1816 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 1.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1816 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.710 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1814 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1812 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1811 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.42 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1811 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1808 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1807 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.63 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1806 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.82 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1806 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.92 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1804 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.05 km NE of Braman, Oklahoma · 1802 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.99 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 1800 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1800 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1800 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.06 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 1797 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1796 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.71 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 1796 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.94 km NE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 1796 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.34 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1795 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1794 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1793 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1793 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.810 km WSW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 1792 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1792 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1791 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.08 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 1791 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.68 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 1790 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.09 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1789 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
- 2.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1789 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 77.
Before
- 3.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 89
- 1.64 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.04 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 2.42 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1831 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.62 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1833 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 1833 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.62 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1834 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1835 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69 km WSW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 1837 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1837 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.410 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1838 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1838 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1840 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.72 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1841 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.611 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 1842 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.66 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1843 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021skor (also filed as us7000fcrf). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 6:16 AM UTC.