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M 2.2ml

Earthquake near Lindsay, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Lindsay in the 24 hours to 6:28 pm CST (00:28 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 95 km (59 mi) NNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Lindsay

This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) north of Lindsay, OK, at 9:46 pm CST on 10 February 2022 (03:46 UTC), 3.8 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

USGS: 10 km N of Lindsay, Oklahoma

60 km (38 mi) S of Oklahoma City, OK · 41 km (26 mi) SSW of Norman, OK

9:46 pm CST, Feb 10, 2022 · · 3.8 km deep · released about 56 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N McClain County 16 kmGrady County 30 kmGarvin County 35 kmCleveland County 39 kmStephens County 55 kmPottawatomie County 65 kmMurray County 68 kmOklahoma County 72 kmCaddo County 77 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
9:46 pm CST on 10 February 2022 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) north of Lindsay, OK · earthquakes near Lindsay
Oklahoma today
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Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
3.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
McClain County, 16 km NE
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1735 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 32 km (20 mi) from the epicentre. In Lindsay, 10 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Likely felt in: Lindsay 10 km, intensity II · Blanchard 24 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 56 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 270,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 190,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 17× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 56 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 34.9266, -97.5827. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
McClain County, OK 16 km (10 mi) NE earthquakes near McClain County
Grady County, OK 30 km (18 mi) WNW earthquakes near Grady County
Garvin County, OK 35 km (21 mi) SE earthquakes near Garvin County
Cleveland County, OK 39 km (24 mi) NE earthquakes near Cleveland County
Stephens County, OK 55 km (34 mi) SSW earthquakes near Stephens County
Pottawatomie County, OK 65 km (40 mi) ENE earthquakes near Pottawatomie County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

45 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.1 11 km SSW of Bradley, Oklahoma
  2. 1.5 10 km S of Bradley, Oklahoma
  3. 1.6 10 km SSW of Bradley, Oklahoma
  4. 1.7 9 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  5. 1.9 10 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  6. 1.7 12 km SSW of Bradley, Oklahoma
  7. 2.2 11 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  8. 1.7 10 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  9. 1.7 11 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  10. 1.7 6 km NNE of Newcastle, Oklahoma
  11. 1.6 5 km SW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  12. 1.6 5 km WSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  13. 1.6 5 km WSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  14. 1.6 7 km SSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 12 km SSW of Bradley, Oklahoma

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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