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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Fairview, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Fairview in the 24 hours to 5:32 pm CST (23:32 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 83 km (52 mi) SSE, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Fairview
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) west of Fairview, OK, at 6:52 am CDT on 15 October 2019 (11:52 UTC), 11 km deep.
USGS: 9 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma
- When
- 6:52 am CDT on 15 October 2019 ()
- Where
- 10 km (6 mi) west of Fairview, OK · earthquakes near Fairview
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Major County, 6 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2584 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Fairview, 10 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 840,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 75× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.1 on 2016-02-13 — about 110,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 36.2788, -98.5867. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major County, OK | 6 km (3 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Major County |
| Blaine County, OK | 47 km (29 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Blaine County |
| Dewey County, OK | 51 km (32 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Dewey County |
| Alfalfa County, OK | 55 km (34 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Alfalfa County |
| Woods County, OK | 56 km (35 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Woods County |
| Woodward County, OK | 64 km (40 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Woodward County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 10 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 2.0 10 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
- 1.7 10 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 1.9 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
- 3.6 4 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
- 3.6 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
- 2.3 16 km ENE of Chester, Oklahoma
- 2.1 12 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma
- 2.5 8 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma
- 1.5 9 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
- 1.6 9 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
- 1.9 6 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma
- 1.6 6 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma
- 2.0 15 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 2.8 7 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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