Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 8 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 8 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma on Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 4:58 PM CST (22:58 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 9 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-01-17 22:58:30 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.121° N, 97.793° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
42°
Stations used
87

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.89 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 977 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.610 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 977 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.67 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 977 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 977 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  5. 1.69 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 977 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.69 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 1.89 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.88 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.710 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.89 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.09 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.38 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  14. 1.69 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.710 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.710 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 975 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.59 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 975 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.78 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 975 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.58 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 975 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 1.68 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 974 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  21. 1.88 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 974 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 2.57 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 974 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  23. 1.68 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 974 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 1.99 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 974 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 2.08 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 973 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 1.69 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 973 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.68 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 973 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 1.69 km NW of Velma, Oklahoma · 972 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.89 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 972 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 1.79 km NW of Velma, Oklahoma · 972 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 1.510 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 971 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.610 km NW of Velma, Oklahoma · 970 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 1.59 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 970 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 1.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 968 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.28 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 967 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  36. 1.612 km ESE of Hinton, Oklahoma · 961 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 2.111 km ESE of Hinton, Oklahoma · 961 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 7
  38. 2.112 km E of Hinton, Oklahoma · 960 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.31 km N of Calumet, Oklahoma · 960 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 1.75 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 959 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 1.54 km NNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 954 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 1.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 953 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 1.94 km NNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 952 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 2.23 km ENE of Rosedale, Oklahoma · 947 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.38 km ESE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma · 934 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  46. 1.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 934 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 1.810 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 932 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.47 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 931 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 13
  49. 2.910 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 928 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 16
  50. 1.77 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 928 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  51. 1.88 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 928 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 2.08 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 928 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  53. 1.57 km NE of Verden, Oklahoma · 928 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.68 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 928 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  55. 1.68 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 928 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 2.18 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 928 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  57. 1.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 928 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  59. 1.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  60. 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 86.

Before

  1. 2.08 km N of Foster, Oklahoma · 981 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 982 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 138
  3. 1.79 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 2.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 39
  5. 1.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  6. 1.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 9
  7. 1.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
  8. 4.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1,735
  9. 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 94
  10. 1.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
  11. 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
  12. 2.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.25 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 15
  15. 1.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 21
  17. 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
  18. 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 97
  19. 1.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 1.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2024bezn. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.