Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 12:47 PM CST (18:47 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 5 km S of Amber, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-09 18:47:06 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.825° N, 98.276° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 1.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
42°
Stations used
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 112 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 112.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jfpw. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.