Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 4 km SSE of Blanchard, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 4 km SSE of Blanchard, Oklahoma on Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 9 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-08-23 01:00:50 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.099° N, 97.639° 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
±0.26
Station coverage gap
91°
Stations used
93

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.7Oklahoma · 1132 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.05 km NNE of Cole, Oklahoma · 1125 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.94 km W of Goldsby, Oklahoma · 1125 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 1.94 km W of Goldsby, Oklahoma · 1125 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.7Oklahoma · 1124 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 1.84 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 1124 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.73 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 1124 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 1.93 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 1124 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.73 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 1124 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.79 km WNW of Davis, Oklahoma · 1123 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.85 km W of Goldsby, Oklahoma · 1123 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.92 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 1122 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 2.22 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 1122 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
  14. 1.72 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 1122 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.52 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 1121 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 7
  16. 1.61 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 1121 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.75 km NE of Cole, Oklahoma · 1119 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 1.711 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 1119 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.8Oklahoma · 1119 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.811 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1116 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  21. 1.910 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1114 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 1.711 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1113 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.511 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1108 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 2.25 km E of Meridian, Oklahoma · 1107 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.42 km NE of Wayne, Oklahoma · 1106 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
  26. 1.511 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1106 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 2.39 km W of Velma, Oklahoma · 1106 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 2.210 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1105 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 2.010 km W of Velma, Oklahoma · 1105 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 1.710 km NW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1105 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 1.710 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1105 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 2.79 km W of Velma, Oklahoma · 1105 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.08 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1105 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 1.710 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1105 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 2.9Oklahoma · 1105 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  36. 2.110 km NW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1104 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 1.69 km NW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1104 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 2.0Oklahoma · 1104 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 2.88 km W of Velma, Oklahoma · 1104 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  40. 1.912 km NW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1104 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 2.011 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1104 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 2.28 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1104 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 2.09 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1104 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 2.010 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1104 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 2.09 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1103 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 1.63 km SE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 1103 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 1.810 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1103 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 3.08 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1103 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  49. 1.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 1103 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 3.28 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1103 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 19
  51. 3.08 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1102 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.48 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1102 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 2.08 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1102 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 1.58 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1102 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1102 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 1.69 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1102 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  57. 2.08 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1102 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 1.98 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1102 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 1.89 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 1100 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 1.79 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1100 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 91.

Before

  1. 1.87 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1136 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.97 km N of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1136 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.012 km WNW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 1136 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.77 km N of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1137 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.710 km SW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1137 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.79 km SW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1137 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.6Oklahoma · 1137 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.79 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1137 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.6Oklahoma · 1139 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.57 km N of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1139 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.86 km N of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1140 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.59 km NNW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 1140 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.96 km N of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1141 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.67 km N of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1142 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.56 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1142 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.19 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 1142 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.98 km SW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1143 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.56 km NNW of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1144 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.110 km SW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1145 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.710 km SW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1146 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2023qlps. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:55 AM UTC.