M2.0 earthquake 6 km N of Medford, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 6 km N of Medford, Oklahoma on Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 5:54 AM CST (11:54 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 0 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-20 11:54:23 UTC
- Depth
- 1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.866° N, 97.723° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.53 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2811 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.5Kansas · 2810 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2810 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 3.34 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2810 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 8
- 2.02 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 3.33 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 8
- 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.37 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2802 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2800 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 2.11 km ESE of Hazelton, Kansas · 2799 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2798 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2796 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.39 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma · 2796 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.84 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 2795 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2794 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2794 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.96 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2793 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.41 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2793 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 11
- 2.31 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2793 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.51 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2792 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2792 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.39 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2791 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.27 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2790 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.34 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2790 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2790 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 2790 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.92 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2788 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.55 km W of South Haven, Kansas · 2787 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.210 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2786 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 21
- 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2786 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 1.86 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2784 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.26 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2782 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 2.11 km WNW of Argonia, Kansas · 2782 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.79 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 2779 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.82 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 18
- 1.84 km NW of Danville, Kansas · 2777 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km SW of Aline, OK · 2777 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.44 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2777 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 7
- 1.95 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 2777 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.80 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2773 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 77
- 2.20 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2773 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2773 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.49 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2773 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.20 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2773 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2772 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.23 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2772 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 20
- 2.84 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2770 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
- 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2768 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.64 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 2767 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.04 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2767 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2767 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.07 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2767 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2767 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2767 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.9Oklahoma · 2767 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of 102.
Before
- 2.411 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2812 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.42 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2813 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.04 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2813 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.211 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2813 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 2814 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.37 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2814 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2814 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.53 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2814 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.18 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2814 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
- 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.44 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.45 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.04 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 474
- 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7
- 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 66
- 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 154
- 2.56 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
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