Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 10 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-08-11 06:49:12 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.429° N, 96.940° 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
79°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.71 km WNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 1138 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.53 km S of Owasso, Oklahoma · 1132 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.83 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1132 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.64 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 1126 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.13 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1124 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.62 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 1122 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 6
  7. 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1121 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.711 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 1118 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.25 km E of Meridian, Oklahoma · 1106 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.73 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 1106 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.89 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1102 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 1102 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 1102 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 2.810 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 1102 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.64 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 1101 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.09 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1100 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 1100 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 1097 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 1.85 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1090 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.65 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1090 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1086 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 2.415 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 1144 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 1157 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 1157 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.95 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 1159 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.76 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 1159 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1160 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.24 km SE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1163 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.08 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1169 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 3.18 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 1169 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 1169 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.94 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 1173 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.14 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 1173 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.2Oklahoma · 1173 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.84 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 1173 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.84 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 1173 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 1173 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.94 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 1173 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.65 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1173 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.04 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 1173 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.44 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 1173 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2023pqdf. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:50 AM UTC.