Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 7 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 7 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 21, 2013, 5:48 PM CST (23:48 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 9 km NNW of Maysville, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2013-01-21 23:48:46 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.596° N, 97.364° 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.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
134°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.15 km N of Maysville, Oklahoma · 4981 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.79 km NNW of Maysville, Oklahoma · 4981 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 18
  3. 2.52 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4972 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.55 km SSE of Paden, Oklahoma · 4970 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.65 km S of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4965 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 65
  6. 2.16 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4957 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 2.53 km SE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4955 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 32
  8. 3.53 km SSW of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 4955 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 397
  9. 3.47 km NNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 4948 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 22
  10. 2.32 km WSW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4945 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.58 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 4943 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 3.210 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 4943 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  13. 3.09 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 4938 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 9
  14. 2.39 km NNE of Johnson, Oklahoma · 4934 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
  15. 3.33 km S of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4933 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 133
  16. 3.21 km N of Midwest City, Oklahoma · 4933 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 20

Before

  1. 2.08 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4995 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.37 km SE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4995 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.86 km NW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4997 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 7
  4. 3.26 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4997 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 18
  5. 3.25 km S of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4998 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 65
  6. 2.36 km SSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 5003 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.94 km S of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 5005 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 40
  8. 3.56 km NW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5010 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 35

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jyph. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.