M1.9 earthquake 2 km WSW of Cole, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 2 km WSW of Cole, Oklahoma on Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 10:17 PM CDT (03:17 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 1 km WNW of Cole, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-28 03:17:24 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.091° N, 97.595° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 10
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- Stations used
- 56
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 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.31 km WNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2735 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
- 2.70 km SE of Cole, Oklahoma · 2732 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 23
- 2.18 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2731 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.59 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2729 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.89 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2728 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.69 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2728 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2728 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.52 km ESE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2720 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km N of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 2715 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
- 2.73 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2693 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2692 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2692 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.54 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 2690 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 2689 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
- 2.45 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2682 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.21 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2681 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 1.83 km NW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2737 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 8
- 2.83 km SSW of Amber, Oklahoma · 2737 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 8
- 1.82 km W of Ninnekah, Oklahoma · 2738 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.09 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2739 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.81 km NNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2740 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 65
- 2.74 km S of Cole, Oklahoma · 2746 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 21
- 3.012 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2748 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 93
- 2.39 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 2748 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.17 km E of Carney, Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.48 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.66 km E of Carney, Oklahoma · 2750 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.511 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2752 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 17
- 1.83 km E of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2754 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 2.28 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2754 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.89 km NE of Velma, Oklahoma · 2755 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.92 km ENE of Fallis, Oklahoma · 2756 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.84 km E of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 11
- 1.813 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Cole, Oklahoma · 2761 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 1.811 km SE of Cashion, Oklahoma · 2763 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000k6a6. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:48 AM UTC.