Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 4 km SSE of Dover, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 4 km SSE of Dover, Oklahoma on Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2022-10-12 22:22:16 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.943° N, 97.885° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
6
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
3.8% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
0.7 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

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
3.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 333°, dip 83°, rake 24°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 240°, dip 66°, rake 172°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Station coverage gap
33°
Stations used
94

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 109 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 153.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2022uapd (also filed as us6000it5c). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:38 AM UTC.