Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 14 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 14 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Wed, Jan 2, 2019, 10:00 PM CST (04:00 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 6 km SE of Langston, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-03 04:00:25 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.452° N, 96.881° 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

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Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
40

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000izz5. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 8:59 PM UTC.