M3.2 earthquake 2 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 2 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma on Wed, Apr 7, 2021, 4:44 AM CDT (09:44 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 7 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-07 09:44:38 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.378° N, 97.924° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 21
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate 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
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 2.4% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- -0.5 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic

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

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.34
- Station coverage gap
- 31°
- Stations used
- 99
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.62 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1994 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.71 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1994 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.83 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1988 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1987 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1987 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.37 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1986 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 23
- 1.612 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1984 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.712 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1984 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.812 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1984 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.811 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1983 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.711 km SE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1982 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.58 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1982 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 58
- 1.88 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1982 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 1981 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 1980 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.93 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1980 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.09 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 1979 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1976 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.89 km W of Meeker, Oklahoma · 1975 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Union City, Oklahoma · 1973 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.414 km WNW of Union City, Oklahoma · 1973 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1970 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.913 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1969 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.08 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1969 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.78 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1969 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1969 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1969 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.28 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1969 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 2.18 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1969 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.54 km WNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 1966 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.64 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1966 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1965 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.84 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1965 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.14 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1965 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 1965 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.74 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1965 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.04 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1965 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.69 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 1961 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 6
- 2.59 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 1961 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 6
- 1.812 km SSW of Bradley, Oklahoma · 1960 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1954 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.76 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1953 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
- 2.36 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1952 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 1952 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1950 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.17 km ESE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1949 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 1946 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1946 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.09 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 1942 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1942 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.84 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1941 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.37 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1937 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 27
Before
- 1.57 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1996 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.73 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1996 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 17
- 1.83 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1999 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2000 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2003 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.23 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 2004 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.63 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 2004 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.17 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.94 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.54 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 1.64 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.54 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.54 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 5
- 2.43 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 1.54 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 1.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.88 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.24 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021gudp (also filed as us6000dzlr). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.