Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 11 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 11 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 8:43 AM CST (14:43 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 4 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-07 14:43:49 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.814° N, 98.292° 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, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
104°
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 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.015 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 154
  4. 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 66
  6. 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 7
  7. 2.45 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.211 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.84 km S of Minco, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.411 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.35 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.14 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.16 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.34 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
  16. 2.16 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.35 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2800 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.02 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.37 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.45 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.46 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.510 km S of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2792 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 2.35 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2791 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2790 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.55 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2789 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.39 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma · 2787 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 2.75 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
  29. 2.45 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.51 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 2.65 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 2.39 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 2.3Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  34. 1.98 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.214 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2780 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 2.55 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2780 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 7
  37. 2.24 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2780 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7
  38. 1.913 km ESE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2779 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 2.16 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  40. 2.36 km ENE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2776 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 2.34 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2774 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 2.415 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2773 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 2.27 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2772 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 2.79 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2772 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  45. 3.06 km SSE of Amber, Oklahoma · 2772 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 44
  46. 2.66 km SSE of Amber, Oklahoma · 2771 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.73 km S of Amber, Oklahoma · 2770 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
  48. 2.218 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2769 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 2.24 km SW of Aline, OK · 2768 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 1.84 km ENE of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2767 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  51. 2.64 km NNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2767 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 60
  52. 2.33 km E of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2765 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 10
  53. 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 2.49 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2763 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 3.23 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2763 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 20
  57. 3.111 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2762 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 144
  58. 2.07 km ENE of Amber, Oklahoma · 2761 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.811 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2761 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  60. 1.811 km SE of Cashion, Oklahoma · 2761 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 1.93 km SE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 3.04 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 6
  3. 2.56 km SSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
  4. 2.46 km SE of Langston, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.219 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.08 km NNW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.98 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2819 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2822 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.26 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.55 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 17
  16. 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 8
  18. 3.15 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 6
  19. 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j13k. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:42 AM UTC.