Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 10 km WNW of Okarche, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 10 km WNW of Okarche, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 8:02 PM CST (02:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 6 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-01-31 02:02:15 UTC
Depth
10.3 km (6.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.778° N, 98.078° 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 I, not felt shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Station coverage gap
37°
Stations used
69

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.75 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1338 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1337 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.86 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 1337 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.113 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 1337 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1333 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 1.69 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1332 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.96 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1330 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.05 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1330 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.612 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1328 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.16 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1328 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.56 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1327 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.67 km NNE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 1327 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.65 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1326 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.16 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1321 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
  15. 2.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1321 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1321 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1320 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.06 km SSW of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1320 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.82 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1320 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  20. 1.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1319 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 1.60 km NW of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1318 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 1.81 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1317 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  23. 1.82 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1317 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.65 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1315 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 1.60 km NW of Cole, Oklahoma · 1315 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.65 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1315 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 2.4Oklahoma · 1313 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 17
  28. 1.710 km SSE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1313 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  29. 1.82 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1312 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 5
  30. 1.511 km SSE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1312 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 1.712 km S of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1312 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  32. 1.810 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1312 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 2.39 km SSE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1312 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
  34. 1.68 km SW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 1312 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 1.53 km NNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 1311 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 1.83 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1311 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.74 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 1311 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 1.73 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1311 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 1.69 km SSE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1311 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 1.79 km SSE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1310 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 1.79 km SSE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1309 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  42. 2.010 km SSE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1309 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  43. 1.82 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1308 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.05 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 1307 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.7Oklahoma · 1307 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 1.510 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1306 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.84 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 1304 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 2.010 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 1299 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 1.63 km SSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 1299 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 1.813 km E of Seiling, Oklahoma · 1298 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 2.1Oklahoma · 1296 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  52. 2.21 km SSE of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 1294 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 7
  53. 1.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1293 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 1.91 km NNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 1290 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 16
  55. 1.71 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 1287 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 2.04 km ENE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 1286 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 1.74 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 1285 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 1.80 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 1285 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  59. 1.52 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 1285 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 1.66 km WNW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1284 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 1.94 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1339 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1340 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1340 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  4. 3.112 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 1341 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 9
  5. 2.93 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1342 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 24
  6. 1.75 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 1344 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.6Oklahoma · 1344 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 3.55 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 1344 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 85
  9. 1.80 km W of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1345 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.01 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1346 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.8Oklahoma · 1346 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1348 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.93 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1348 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.14 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1349 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.06 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1350 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.02 km NNE of Okarche, Oklahoma · 1350 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.0Oklahoma · 1351 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.16 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1352 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 1.814 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 1352 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.514 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 1352 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2023cczd. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC.