Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 22, 2019, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-09-22 20:01:23 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.909° N, 98.524° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
42°
Stations used
73

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.511 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.713 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.614 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.02 km NE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2556 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.42 km S of Minco, Oklahoma · 2555 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2555 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.11 km SSE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2554 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.33 km S of Minco, Oklahoma · 2554 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.15 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2554 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2554 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2553 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.01 km SSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.71 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.95 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.09 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2551 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 1.79 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2551 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.4Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.16 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.66 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 2.16 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.510 km ENE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2549 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 1.99 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 2.09 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 1.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.312 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 2.08 km NE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2547 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.15 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 1.710 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 2.14 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 1.68 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.58 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 2.05 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 2.06 km E of Aline, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 1.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 2.13 km SSW of Cherokee, OK · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 1.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 1.64 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2542 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.93 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 2.03 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 3.07 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  45. 3.07 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.13 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2540 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2540 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 2.3Oklahoma · 2538 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 2.02 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2537 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 1.66 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2536 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 1.67 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2536 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 1.96 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2536 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 1.62 km SSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2535 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 1.96 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 2535 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 1.89 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2534 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 1.620 km NE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2534 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 2.611 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2534 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  60. 2.61 km NW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2533 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 155.

Before

  1. 1.64 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.210 km N of Chester, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.612 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2557 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 3.112 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2558 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 3.1Oklahoma · 2558 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 12
  6. 2.33 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2559 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.610 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.015 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 1.914 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.915 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 2.23 km SSE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.215 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.33 km SSE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.02 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.614 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 1.63 km S of Minco, Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.13 km SSE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.23 km S of Minco, Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.215 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.02 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019spwl (also filed as us60005m0i). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:45 PM UTC.