Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 20 km NE of Chester, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 20 km NE of Chester, Oklahoma on Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 7:02 AM CDT (12:02 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 7 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Oklahoma Geological Survey
Local time
UTC
2019-10-15 12:02:59 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.340° N, 98.745° 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
±0.25
Station coverage gap
238°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.611 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2545 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.61 km NW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2545 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.41 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.87 km WSW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.97 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 2.016 km ENE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 1.86 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2543 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.512 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2543 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.612 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2543 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.96 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2542 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.26 km WSW of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.711 km NE of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.66 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.111 km NE of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 2540 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.012 km NE of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 2540 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.76 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 2539 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2539 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 3.77 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2538 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 18
  22. 1.511 km ENE of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 2538 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 1.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2538 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 1.911 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2538 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 1.55 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 2537 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 2.27 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2535 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 1.77 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2534 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  28. 1.81 km NE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2534 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 1.87 km NNE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2534 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2534 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 2.011 km ESE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 2532 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2532 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  33. 1.52 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2531 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.16 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2531 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.52 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2530 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.114 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2530 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 2.114 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2530 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 2.011 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2530 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 2.414 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2530 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.86 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2529 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 2.47 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2528 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.62 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2528 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 2.37 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2528 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 1.61 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  45. 2.47 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  47. 2.57 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.16 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 2.17 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3
  51. 2.26 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2526 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 1.615 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 2526 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  53. 2.13 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2526 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 1.715 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2525 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 1.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2525 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 1.57 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2524 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 1.73 km NW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2523 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 1.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2523 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 2.41 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2522 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  60. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2522 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 1.89 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 1.96 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.96 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2547 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 1.67 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2547 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 1.66 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2547 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.02 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2549 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.3Oklahoma · 2549 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2551 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2551 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.13 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 3.07 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.07 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.03 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2553 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.93 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2553 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.64 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2553 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2555 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 1.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2555 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 2.13 km SSW of Cherokee, OK · 2556 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.06 km E of Aline, Oklahoma · 2556 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019ufhf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:23 AM UTC.