Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Sat, Oct 1, 2022, 7:30 AM CDT (12:30 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 4 km SSE of Dover, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-10-01 12:30:27 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.699° N, 97.668° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, 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?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
51°
Stations used
98

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 147.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2022tftc (also filed as us6000ipzc). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC.