M2.2 earthquake 15 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 15 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma on Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 2 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.2	ML, local (Richter)	Oklahoma Geological Survey	Preferred · Confirmed · ±0.19 · 19 stations
2.3	mb_Lg, Lg-wave body	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.084 · 37 stations

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2023qakf (also filed as us7000knvp). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:09 AM UTC.