M2.3 earthquake 12 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 12 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma on Fri, Aug 19, 2022, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 2 km SW of Quinton, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Oklahoma Geological Survey
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-19 08:45:50 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.110° N, 95.535° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 77
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.914 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1502 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.66 km NE of Lamar, Oklahoma · 1501 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.914 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1497 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.32 km SW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1484 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.614 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1484 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.22 km SW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1483 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.61 km SW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1482 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.02 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1482 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.71 km SW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1482 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.84 km NNW of IXL, Oklahoma · 1475 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5Oklahoma · 1475 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.914 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1474 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.04 km SE of Dustin, Oklahoma · 1469 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1467 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.911 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma · 1461 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.511 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma · 1461 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
Before
- 1.64 km ENE of Lamar, Oklahoma · 1508 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.814 km NNE of Arpelar, Oklahoma · 1515 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.714 km NNE of Arpelar, Oklahoma · 1515 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Sasakwa, Oklahoma · 1515 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.812 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma · 1518 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.712 km NNE of Arpelar, Oklahoma · 1520 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.911 km E of Lamar, Oklahoma · 1521 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.513 km ESE of Crowder, Oklahoma · 1525 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.614 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1528 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.214 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1534 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.810 km W of Whitefield, Oklahoma · 1534 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2022qexb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC.