Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 9 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 9 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma on Mon, Feb 4, 2019, 12:02 AM CST (06:02 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 6 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-04 06:02:10 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.161° N, 97.799° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
40°
Stations used
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 146.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jd1h. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:20 PM UTC.