Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 16 km ENE of Chester, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 16 km ENE of Chester, Oklahoma on Thu, Nov 21, 2019, 1:16 PM CST (19:16 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 1 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-11-21 19:16:12 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.277° N, 98.757° 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
±0.26
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
58

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 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.61 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2497 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 183
  2. 2.5Oklahoma · 2497 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2496 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 7
  4. 3.64 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2496 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
  5. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2496 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.710 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2495 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.010 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2495 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 1.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2495 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 3.515 km NW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 11
  10. 2.47 km NE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.815 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.613 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.814 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.7Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.713 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.1Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.38 km SW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.614 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.99 km E of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.6Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.314 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.813 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.612 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 2.01 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 1.80 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.61 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.08 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2492 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  28. 1.89 km ESE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2492 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 2.28 km ESE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2492 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 1.612 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2492 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 2.36 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 3.012 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  33. 2.812 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 1.6Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 1.71 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 1.815 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.615 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2489 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 2.110 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2489 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2489 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  41. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2488 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  42. 2.34 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 2487 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  43. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2487 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2487 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  45. 1.91 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2486 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.72 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2486 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.25 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2486 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 2.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2485 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  49. 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2485 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.25 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2485 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.211 km S of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 2484 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 1.95 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2484 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 1.74 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2484 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 1.5Oklahoma · 2484 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 1.74 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2484 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 1.64 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2484 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 2.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2483 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 3.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2483 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2483 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  60. 1.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2483 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 2.31 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2498 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.01 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2498 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.23 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2498 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.112 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2500 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.66 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2501 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.87 km WSW of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2501 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.58 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2501 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.62 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2502 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.66 km NW of North Enid, Oklahoma · 2504 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2505 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2505 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.96 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2506 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.66 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2506 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2507 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.87 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2507 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2508 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.28 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2509 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2510 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2510 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.27 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2510 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019wvld. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC.