Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 12 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 12 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 22, 2019, 4:16 AM CDT (09:16 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-09-22 09:16:53 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.904° N, 98.537° 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
±0.43
Station coverage gap
95°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.210 km N of Chester, Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.64 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 2.5Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.511 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.713 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2561 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.614 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 2.02 km NE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2560 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.42 km S of Minco, Oklahoma · 2559 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2558 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.11 km SSE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2558 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.33 km S of Minco, Oklahoma · 2558 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.15 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2558 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2558 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.01 km SSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2556 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.71 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2556 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.95 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2556 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2556 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.09 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2555 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.79 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2555 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.4Oklahoma · 2554 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 2.16 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2554 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 1.66 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2554 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 2.16 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2554 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.510 km ENE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2553 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 1.99 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.09 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 1.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 2.312 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2552 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2551 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 2.08 km NE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2551 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.15 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 1.710 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.14 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 1.68 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 1.58 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2549 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 2.05 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 2.06 km E of Aline, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 2.13 km SSW of Cherokee, OK · 2548 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2547 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2547 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 1.64 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.93 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2545 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 2.03 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2545 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  45. 3.07 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2545 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
  46. 3.07 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2545 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.13 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2543 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 2.3Oklahoma · 2542 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  52. 2.02 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 1.66 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2540 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 1.67 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2540 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 1.96 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2539 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 1.62 km SSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2539 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 1.96 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 2539 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 1.89 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2538 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  59. 1.620 km NE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2538 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 2.611 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2538 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 153.

Before

  1. 3.112 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2562 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 3.1Oklahoma · 2562 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 12
  3. 2.33 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2563 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.610 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2564 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.015 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2564 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.914 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2564 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.915 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2564 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.23 km SSE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2564 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.215 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2564 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.33 km SSE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2564 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.02 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2564 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.614 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2564 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.63 km S of Minco, Oklahoma · 2564 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.13 km SSE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2565 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.23 km S of Minco, Oklahoma · 2565 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.215 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2565 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.02 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2565 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.712 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2565 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 1.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2566 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.99 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2566 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019spbe. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.