M1.6 earthquake 13 km WNW of Foster, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 13 km WNW of Foster, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 9:29 AM CST (15:29 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 5 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Oklahoma Geological Survey
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-07 15:29:35 UTC
- Depth
- 15.6 km (9.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.664° N, 97.627° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 58
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.08 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 1670 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.67 km SSW of Ada, Oklahoma · 1663 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.05 km SSE of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 1660 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 2.14 km SSE of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 1658 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
- 1.84 km S of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 1656 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
- 1.83 km W of Bradley, Oklahoma · 1655 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1647 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.17 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1647 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.85 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1647 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.65 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1647 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
- 2.05 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1646 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.55 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1645 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1643 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.74 km E of Union City, Oklahoma · 1643 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1643 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 2.06 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1642 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km E of Union City, Oklahoma · 1639 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.54 km E of Union City, Oklahoma · 1638 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.614 km ENE of Leon, Oklahoma · 1633 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.08 km SSW of Wynnewood, Oklahoma · 1617 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.18 km SSW of Wynnewood, Oklahoma · 1616 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.68 km SSW of Bradley, Oklahoma · 1614 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.79 km SE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1613 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 1.63 km W of Bradley, Oklahoma · 1671 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.93 km W of Bradley, Oklahoma · 1673 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 2.21 km NNW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1681 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 1.89 km E of Amber, Oklahoma · 1692 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1693 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.210 km N of Lindsay, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2022epyj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:55 PM UTC.