M2.2 earthquake 2 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 2 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma on Sat, Jul 16, 2022, 12:31 PM CDT (17:31 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 2 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Oklahoma Geological Survey
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-16 17:31:51 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.993° N, 96.794° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.18 | ML, local (Richter) | Oklahoma Geological Survey | Preferred · Confirmed · ±0.23 · 36 stations |
| 2.3 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed · ±0.043 · 70 stations |
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 95
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.42 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 1538 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 19
- 1.74 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1537 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.84 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1537 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.25 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 1526 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1482 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 1.816 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 1543 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.93 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 1547 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of IXL, Oklahoma · 1547 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 1558 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1Oklahoma · 1566 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.25 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1566 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1566 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2022nvlh (also filed as us6000i32g). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:03 AM UTC.