Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 4:26 AM CST (10:26 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 5 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-01-18 10:26:52 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.752° N, 97.972° 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
±0.20
Station coverage gap
40°
Stations used
92

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.02 km NNE of Okarche, Oklahoma · 1347 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.06 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1347 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.14 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1345 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.93 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1345 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1344 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.8Oklahoma · 1343 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.01 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1342 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.80 km W of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1342 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.55 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 1341 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 85
  10. 1.6Oklahoma · 1341 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.75 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 1341 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.93 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1338 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 24
  13. 3.112 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 1337 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 9
  14. 1.94 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1335 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.810 km WNW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 1335 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.75 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1334 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.86 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 1334 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.113 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 1333 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1330 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.69 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1328 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.96 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1327 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.05 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1326 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 1.612 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1325 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  24. 2.16 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1324 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 1.56 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1324 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 1.67 km NNE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 1323 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 1.65 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1323 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  28. 3.16 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1317 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
  29. 2.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1317 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1317 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1317 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.06 km SSW of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1317 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 1.82 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1316 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  34. 1.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1315 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 1.60 km NW of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1314 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 1.81 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1314 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  37. 1.82 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1314 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.65 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1312 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 1.60 km NW of Cole, Oklahoma · 1312 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 1.65 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1311 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 2.4Oklahoma · 1310 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 17
  42. 1.710 km SSE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1309 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 1.82 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1309 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 5
  44. 1.511 km SSE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1309 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 1.712 km S of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1308 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  46. 1.810 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1308 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 2.39 km SSE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1308 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
  48. 1.68 km SW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 1308 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.53 km NNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 1308 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 1.83 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1308 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.74 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 1308 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 1.73 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1308 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.69 km SSE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1307 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  54. 1.79 km SSE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1306 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  55. 1.79 km SSE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1306 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 2.010 km SSE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 1306 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 1.82 km N of Cole, Oklahoma · 1305 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.05 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 1304 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.7Oklahoma · 1303 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 1.510 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1302 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 67.

Before

  1. 2.16 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1348 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.9Oklahoma · 1348 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 13
  3. 1.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1348 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1348 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.1Oklahoma · 1348 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.44 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1349 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.611 km E of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1351 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 1.64 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1351 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.84 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1351 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1352 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.14 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1352 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.58 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 1353 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.83 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1354 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.63 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1354 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.84 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1354 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.03 km NNE of Okarche, Oklahoma · 1356 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.2Oklahoma · 1358 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  18. 1.62 km NNE of Okarche, Oklahoma · 1358 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 1.84 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 1360 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.76 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 1361 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2023bfwg. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:58 AM UTC.