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M 1.8ml

Earthquake near Chickasha, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Chickasha in the 24 hours to 3:36 pm CST (21:36 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 63 km (39 mi) N, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Chickasha

This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) east of Chickasha, OK, at 2:45 pm CDT on 27 June 2022 (19:45 UTC), 9.1 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 9 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma

56 km (35 mi) SSW of Oklahoma City, OK · 46 km (28 mi) SW of Moore, OK

2:45 pm CDT, Jun 27, 2022 · · 9.1 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grady County 5 kmMcClain County 35 kmCleveland County 50 kmCaddo County 52 kmCanadian County 58 kmGarvin County 60 kmStephens County 62 kmOklahoma County 69 kmComanche County 72 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
2:45 pm CDT on 27 June 2022 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) east of Chickasha, OK · earthquakes near Chickasha
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
9.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Grady County, 5 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1530 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 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Chickasha, 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: Chickasha 10 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 930,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 660,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 59× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 35.0388, -97.8313. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Grady County, OK 5 km (3 mi) WSW earthquakes near Grady County
McClain County, OK 35 km (22 mi) E earthquakes near McClain County
Cleveland County, OK 50 km (31 mi) ENE earthquakes near Cleveland County
Caddo County, OK 52 km (32 mi) WNW earthquakes near Caddo County
Canadian County, OK 58 km (36 mi) NNW earthquakes near Canadian County
Garvin County, OK 60 km (37 mi) SE earthquakes near Garvin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 1 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  2. 1.8 Oklahoma
  3. 2.1 5 km ENE of Minco, Oklahoma
  4. 2.1 5 km E of Minco, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 6 km ENE of Minco, Oklahoma
  6. 1.8 1 km SE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
  7. 1.7 1 km NNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  8. 2.4 1 km NNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  9. 1.5 1 km N of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  10. 2.7 Oklahoma
  11. 2.0 1 km N of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  12. 2.4 5 km ENE of Minco, Oklahoma
  13. 1.5 2 km NNE of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  14. 1.6 2 km NE of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 10 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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