Light mag. 3.5 earthquake - 18 mi northeast of McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA, on Sunday, Jun 5, 2022 at 2:24 am (GMT -5) -
Light magnitude 3.5 earthquake at 5 km depth
5 Jun 07:26 UTC: First to report: USGS after 2 minutes.
5 Jun 07:31: Magnitude recalculated from 3.2 to 3.5. Epicenter location corrected by 1.8 km (1.1 mi) towards WNW.
5 Jun 07:31: Magnitude recalculated from 3.2 to 3.5. Epicenter location corrected by 1.8 km (1.1 mi) towards WNW.
Update Sun, 5 Jun 2022, 07:30
Magnitude 3.2 earthquake strikes near McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA3.2 quake 5 Jun 2:24 am (GMT -5)
A very shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported early morning near McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA.
According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake hit on Sunday, June 5th, 2022, at 2:24 am local time at a very shallow depth of 3.1 miles. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 3.2 earthquake as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 3.2.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Quinton (pop. 1000) located 7 miles from the epicenter, Longtown (pop. 2,700) 12 miles away, Wilburton (pop. 2,700) 15 miles away, North Fork Town (pop. 2,900) 16 miles away, Krebs (pop. 2,000) 17 miles away, and McAlester (pop. 18,300) 19 miles away. In Stigler (pop. 2,800, 24 miles away), Checotah (pop. 3,300, 27 miles away), and Muskogee (pop. 38,500, 47 miles away), the quake was probably not felt.
According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake hit on Sunday, June 5th, 2022, at 2:24 am local time at a very shallow depth of 3.1 miles. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 3.2 earthquake as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 3.2.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Quinton (pop. 1000) located 7 miles from the epicenter, Longtown (pop. 2,700) 12 miles away, Wilburton (pop. 2,700) 15 miles away, North Fork Town (pop. 2,900) 16 miles away, Krebs (pop. 2,000) 17 miles away, and McAlester (pop. 18,300) 19 miles away. In Stigler (pop. 2,800, 24 miles away), Checotah (pop. 3,300, 27 miles away), and Muskogee (pop. 38,500, 47 miles away), the quake was probably not felt.
Earthquake data
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jun 5, 2022 07:24:02 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Sunday, Jun 5, 2022 at 2:24 am (GMT -5) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.5 |
| Depth | 5.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 35.08204°N / 95.50073°W  (Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States) |
| Antipode | 35.082°S / 84.499°E |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 13 km (8 mi) WSW of Quinton (pop: 1,010) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 18 km (11 mi) S of Longtown (pop: 2,740) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 25 km (16 mi) NW of Wilburton (pop: 2,680) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 30 km (18 mi) NE of McAlester (Pittsburg County) (pop: 18,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 39 km (24 mi) WSW of Stigler (pop: 2,770) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 43 km (27 mi) S of Checotah (pop: 3,260) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 75 km (47 mi) S of Muskogee (pop: 38,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 188 km (117 mi) ESE of Oklahoma City (pop: 631,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Scattered Clouds  21.5°C (71 F), humidity: 80%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from SE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.1 x 1010 joules (3.12 megawatt hours, equivalent to 2.68 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.5 | 5 km | 12 Km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma | USGS |
| 3.1 | 5 km | OKLAHOMA | EMSC |
| 3.5 | 5 km | Oklahoma | RaspberryShake |
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