Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 14 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 14 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma on Tue, Mar 19, 2019, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 8 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-03-19 22:12:35 UTC
Depth
5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.457° N, 96.878° 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.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.85 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.74 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.814 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 1.66 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 2748 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 2.10 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2748 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.58 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2748 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 3.29 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 11
  8. 1.79 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 2.613 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2745 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.49 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma · 2744 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.61 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2744 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 2.15 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2742 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.51 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2739 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.42 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2739 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.90 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2739 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.89 km WSW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2739 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2738 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.62 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2738 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.814 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2736 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 2.18 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2736 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 2.57 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2735 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 1.84 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2735 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 1.84 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2735 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.08 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2734 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 1.62 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2734 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 1.82 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2734 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.67 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2734 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 1.98 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2733 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 1.93 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2733 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 1.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2733 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 1.66 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2732 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2732 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2731 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 1.915 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2731 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  36. 1.74 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2731 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 1.7Oklahoma · 2730 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  38. 1.74 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2730 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 1.74 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2730 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 2.02 km NW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2729 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.714 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2729 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  42. 2.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2726 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 1.910 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2725 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.84 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2722 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 9
  45. 2.24 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2720 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 1.9Kansas · 2713 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 3.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2709 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 7
  48. 2.36 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2706 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 2.35 km SE of North Enid, Oklahoma · 2706 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.49 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2705 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 2.88 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2697 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 2.37 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2697 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 2.93 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2696 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2694 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 2.78 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2694 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2694 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 2.76 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2693 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  58. 1.89 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2693 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 3.12 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2692 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 20
  60. 2.53 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2692 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2751 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 11
  2. 2.3Oklahoma · 2751 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.513 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2752 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.73 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2752 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.25 km W of South Haven, Kansas · 2752 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.811 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2752 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.17 km E of Carney, Oklahoma · 2754 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.53 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2754 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.66 km E of Carney, Oklahoma · 2755 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2755 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2755 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.3Oklahoma · 2756 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.71 km WNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2756 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.41 km WNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2756 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.011 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.49 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2761 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 1.92 km ENE of Fallis, Oklahoma · 2761 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.75 km NNW of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2761 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.313 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2761 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.28 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2762 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019fmjo. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:13 AM UTC.