Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 4 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 21, 2023, 4:55 PM CST (22:55 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.7 5 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-12-21 22:55:19 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.238° N, 98.444° 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
±0.21
Station coverage gap
67°
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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.75 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1004 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 1.52 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1003 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 1.62 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1003 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 1.69 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1001 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.83 km ENE of Dover, Oklahoma · 998 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.14 km SSE of Dover, Oklahoma · 997 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.03 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 995 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 994 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.72 km SW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 992 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.97 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 991 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.59 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 987 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 979 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 979 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.710 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 973 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.56 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 971 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 965 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.612 km ESE of Hinton, Oklahoma · 961 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.111 km ESE of Hinton, Oklahoma · 961 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 7
  20. 2.112 km E of Hinton, Oklahoma · 960 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.31 km N of Calumet, Oklahoma · 960 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.38 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 953 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 1.518 km ENE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 1006 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.80 km SSW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 1006 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1007 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.18 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1008 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.74 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1008 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.713 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1011 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.62 km SSW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1019 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.89 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 1027 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.52 km SE of Aline, Oklahoma · 1028 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.011 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1029 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.8Oklahoma · 1033 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2023yynl. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.