Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 4 km S of Alva, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 4 km S of Alva, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 7:28 PM CST (01:28 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.7 9 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-23 01:28:01 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.767° N, 98.668° 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
±0.19
Station coverage gap
95°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 2.67 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
  6. 3.412 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 14
  7. 1.811 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.913 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.87 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.911 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.15 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 3.71 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 70
  15. 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.617 km ENE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 2458 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 3.14 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  19. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2456 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 2.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 1.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 1.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 2.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.9Oklahoma · 2454 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 1.53 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 1.712 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 1.514 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2451 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 1.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 2.35 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2449 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 2.25 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2448 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 2.42 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  38. 3.45 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 16
  39. 2.38 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.24 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.54 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 2.15 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 2.24 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 2.15 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 2.019 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  48. 2.210 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  49. 2.2Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 1.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 2.215 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  55. 2.0Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 2.07 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 2.30 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 1.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 2.310 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of 127.

Before

  1. 2.14 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.72 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.45 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.65 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.74 km E of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 2.06 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.86 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.06 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.96 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019zanz. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC.