Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 6 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 5:53 PM CST (23:53 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 4 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-21 23:53:36 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.291° N, 97.520° 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
±0.20
Station coverage gap
52°
Stations used
75

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 130 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.72 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.14 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.63 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.613 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.16 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.67 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
  8. 2.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  10. 3.412 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 14
  11. 1.811 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 1.915 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.87 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.67 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.911 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.86 km WSW of Yale, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.15 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.69 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 2460 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.510 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 3.71 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 70
  22. 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 2.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 1.54 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 2.44 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 3.14 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  28. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2456 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 2.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.9Oklahoma · 2454 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.53 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.42 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 10
  35. 1.6Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  36. 1.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2449 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  38. 2.35 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2448 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 2.25 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2448 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 2.42 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  42. 3.45 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 16
  43. 2.38 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.24 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.54 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 2.15 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 2.24 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 2.15 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2444 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 2.17 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2444 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 1.74 km E of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 1.77 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 1.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 2.0Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 2.13 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away

The first 60 of 130.

Before

  1. 1.73 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 1.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.19 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 1.66 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 1.79 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.45 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.65 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.013 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 1.75 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2470 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.56 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 1.74 km E of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 3.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 29
  18. 2.06 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.86 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.06 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019yypj. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.