Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 10 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 10 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Fri, May 17, 2019, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-05-17 21:51:12 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.718° N, 97.672° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
7
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.9 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
50°
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: 150 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2684 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 3.39 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2684 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 16
  3. 2.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2684 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 2.9Oklahoma · 2681 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.48 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2679 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 1.58 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2676 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.68 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2676 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 3.18 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2676 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  9. 1.91 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2675 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.25 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2673 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 1.79 km SW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2673 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.86 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2673 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.610 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2673 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.02 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 1.99 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.27 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2671 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 2.211 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 2671 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 2.37 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2671 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.110 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2671 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.97 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 2671 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 1.93 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2671 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 1.810 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2670 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 2.08 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2670 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  24. 1.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2669 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 2.05 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2669 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 2.07 km NNE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2669 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2668 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  28. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2667 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.07 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2667 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.05 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2667 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 2.06 km ENE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2666 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 2.16 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2666 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 1.79 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 2666 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 1.910 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2666 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 1.98 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 2666 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 2.41 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2665 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  37. 1.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2665 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.79 km ESE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 1.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  40. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
  41. 1.99 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 1.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  43. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  44. 1.82 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 1.89 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  46. 1.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  47. 1.82 km NNE of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 2663 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 1.84 km ENE of Enid, Oklahoma · 2663 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  49. 1.86 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2663 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 1.62 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2663 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 2.48 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2663 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.51 km SW of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2663 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.79 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2663 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  54. 1.96 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2663 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 1.86 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2663 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 1.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2662 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 2.17 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2662 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 1.61 km WNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2661 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 1.66 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2661 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 1.77 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2661 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 150.

Before

  1. 4.48 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2685 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3,012
  2. 1.89 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2687 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.76 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2687 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2687 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 2.78 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2687 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 1.86 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 2687 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2687 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.93 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2689 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.37 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2690 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 2.88 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2690 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.49 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2698 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.35 km SE of North Enid, Oklahoma · 2699 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.36 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2699 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 3.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2702 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 7
  15. 1.9Kansas · 2706 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.92 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2709 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 1.83 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 2710 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.63 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 2710 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 2.54 km SE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2710 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.40 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2713 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003mtr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:11 AM UTC.