M2.0 earthquake Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Wed, Aug 23, 2023, 7:40 AM CDT (12:40 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 14 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-08-23 12:40:09 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.088° N, 95.522° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.33 km SW of Horntown, Oklahoma · 1120 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.45 km W of Arpelar, Oklahoma · 1112 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.414 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1104 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.72 km SE of Zeb, Oklahoma · 1098 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Morris, Oklahoma · 1097 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.710 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma · 1095 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km W of Arpelar, Oklahoma · 1094 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.65 km W of Arpelar, Oklahoma · 1091 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.74 km SE of Zeb, Oklahoma · 1076 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2023qmmu. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:19 AM UTC.