Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 16 km E of Watonga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 16 km E of Watonga, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 4, 2019, 8:47 AM CST (14:47 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 4 km E of Blanchard, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-03-04 14:47:31 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.833° N, 98.235° 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
±0.23
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
87

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.04 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.916 km E of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.07 km SW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 1.712 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.616 km E of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.216 km E of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.813 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 2.84 km E of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2756 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 11
  9. 2.38 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2754 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.22 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2753 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.83 km E of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2753 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2752 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.0Oklahoma · 2752 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2751 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.511 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2751 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 17
  16. 2.41 km WNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2750 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.71 km WNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2750 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.3Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 2.66 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 5
  22. 2.15 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 2748 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.48 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2748 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 1.77 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 1.77 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 3.012 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 93
  28. 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2744 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 11
  29. 1.58 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2743 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 2.09 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2743 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 1.74 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2742 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.19 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2742 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 2.10 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2741 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 2.25 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2741 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.09 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2741 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 2.09 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2741 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 1.721 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2740 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2740 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 2.39 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2740 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 2.19 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2739 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 2.81 km NNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2739 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 65
  42. 2.29 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2739 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 2.49 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma · 2738 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 1.64 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2738 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 2.09 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2738 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2737 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.12 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2737 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 1.93 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2737 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 1.910 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2737 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 2.59 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2736 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 2.83 km SSW of Amber, Oklahoma · 2736 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 8
  52. 1.83 km NW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2736 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 8
  53. 2.31 km WNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2733 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 5
  54. 1.82 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2733 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 1.97 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2733 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 1.90 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2732 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 1.89 km WSW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2732 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 1.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2732 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 1.67 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma · 2732 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 1.62 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2732 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 99.

Before

  1. 2.84 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2761 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  2. 1.811 km SE of Cashion, Oklahoma · 2762 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.811 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2762 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.07 km ENE of Amber, Oklahoma · 2762 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.111 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2763 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 144
  6. 3.23 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 20
  7. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.49 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2765 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2765 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.33 km E of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2766 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 10
  11. 1.92 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 2766 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 8
  12. 2.64 km NNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2767 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 60
  13. 1.84 km ENE of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2768 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.24 km SW of Aline, OK · 2769 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.218 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2769 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.73 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2770 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
  17. 2.66 km SSE of Amber, Oklahoma · 2772 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.06 km SSE of Amber, Oklahoma · 2772 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 44
  19. 2.79 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2773 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.27 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2773 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019ekkm (also filed as us1000jacj). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:18 PM UTC.