Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 10 km N of Chester, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 10 km N of Chester, Oklahoma on Sat, Sep 7, 2019, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 12 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-09-07 17:45:39 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.311° N, 98.927° 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.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Station coverage gap
153°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.312 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2571 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2571 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 2.312 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2570 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2570 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2569 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.14 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2568 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.56 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2564 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.812 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2562 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2562 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.99 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2562 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 1.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2562 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 1.712 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.02 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 2.215 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.614 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.02 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.215 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.915 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.914 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.015 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 1.88 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2559 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2559 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 3.1Oklahoma · 2558 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 12
  24. 3.112 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2558 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 2.38 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.38 km SSW of Byron, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 1.612 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 2.210 km N of Chester, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 1.64 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 2.5Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  31. 2.511 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 1.713 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 1.614 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2556 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2556 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  35. 1.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2556 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 2.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2556 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 2.02 km NE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2556 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2554 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2554 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 1.95 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.09 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2551 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  43. 1.79 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2551 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 2.4Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.16 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 1.66 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 2.16 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.09 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 2.312 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2547 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 2.15 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 1.710 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  54. 1.68 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 2.05 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  56. 2.06 km E of Aline, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 2.13 km SSW of Cherokee, OK · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 1.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2543 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  59. 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2543 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  60. 1.64 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2542 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 119.

Before

  1. 1.82 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2572 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.92 km NNE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2572 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.62 km E of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2572 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.915 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2573 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 2.314 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2574 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.02 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2574 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.96 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2574 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.115 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2574 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.91 km SW of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2575 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2575 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 1.85 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2575 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2575 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.115 km NW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2575 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.215 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2576 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.71 km W of Avard, Oklahoma · 2578 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2578 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.112 km NE of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 2579 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.99 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 2580 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.78 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2581 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 1.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2581 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019rohk. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC.