Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 8 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 8 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 7:28 AM CST (13:28 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.6 8 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-31 13:28:17 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.968° N, 97.708° 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
±0.28
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
45°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.68 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.68 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.38 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.59 km ENE of Ninnekah, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 1.99 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 1.810 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.610 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 2423 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 1.98 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 2423 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 1.810 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 2423 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.210 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 2423 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 1.97 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2422 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.33 km NNE of Velma, Oklahoma · 2422 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.39 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 2421 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.68 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2421 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 1.9Oklahoma · 2421 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 1.69 km ENE of Alex, OK · 2420 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.76 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 13
  18. 1.69 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 1.67 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.9Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 1.76 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 1.67 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2419 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  23. 2.37 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2419 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
  24. 1.511 km SE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2419 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 2.56 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
  26. 2.26 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.75 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2417 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  28. 1.96 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2417 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 2.07 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2416 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 2.08 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2416 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  31. 1.99 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2415 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 1.87 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2414 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
  33. 1.79 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 2414 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  34. 1.98 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2413 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  35. 2.06 km N of Bradley, Oklahoma · 2413 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 2.14 km SW of Katie, Oklahoma · 2412 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 2.24 km SW of Katie, Oklahoma · 2412 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 1.97 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  39. 2.59 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2410 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  40. 1.79 km ENE of Ninnekah, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 2.56 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2407 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.07 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2407 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  43. 2.08 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2407 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  44. 2.17 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  45. 1.68 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  46. 2.67 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
  47. 1.811 km SW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2404 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 1.75 km ESE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 2.27 km ESE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 1.8Oklahoma · 2401 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 1.76 km ESE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2401 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 1.65 km ESE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2401 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 1.76 km ESE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2401 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 2.16 km E of Union City, Oklahoma · 2401 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 2.06 km ESE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2401 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 2.09 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 2400 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.66 km SW of Byars, Oklahoma · 2399 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 2.56 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2399 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 7
  59. 1.77 km SW of Washington, Oklahoma · 2396 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 1.88 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of 72.

Before

  1. 1.811 km WSW of Byng, Oklahoma · 2429 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.53 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2429 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.13 km NNE of Velma, Oklahoma · 2430 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.311 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 2431 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.05 km NNE of Velma, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.53 km NNE of Velma, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.810 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 2.110 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.32 km NNE of Velma, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.88 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2435 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  11. 1.57 km SW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2435 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.16 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2437 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.28 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 3.08 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 14
  15. 2.27 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 10
  16. 2.19 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.58 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 1.8Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.010 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 1.67 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020cdvt. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:56 PM UTC.