Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 14 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 14 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma on Mon, Dec 7, 2020, 1:32 AM CST (07:32 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 10 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Oklahoma Geological Survey
Local time
UTC
2020-12-07 07:32:32 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.860° N, 98.820° 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
±0.25
Station coverage gap
109°
Stations used
68

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 98 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.68 km WNW of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2123 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2123 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2123 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2123 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.08 km W of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 2121 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2121 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2121 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2118 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2118 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.53 km NW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2118 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2118 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.44 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma · 2115 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 1.9Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2110 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2110 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 3.110 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.39 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 2.29 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  26. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.1Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 1.910 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  31. 1.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2107 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2107 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 1.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 1.64 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 1.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 2.010 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2103 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.810 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2103 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 1.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2102 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2102 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  43. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2102 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 2.37 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2100 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
  47. 1.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2094 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2091 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.710 km NW of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2089 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2088 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2088 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 1.811 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2087 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.66 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.16 km NNW of Woodward, Oklahoma · 2085 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 2.310 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2084 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2084 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 1.65 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2083 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  58. 1.79 km ENE of May, Oklahoma · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2080 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  60. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2079 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away

The first 60 of 78.

Before

  1. 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2126 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2127 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2127 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2127 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2127 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2127 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2127 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 1.58 km ENE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 1.77 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2130 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.11 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2131 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2132 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.1Oklahoma · 2132 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2133 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2133 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2133 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2133 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.07 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2133 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2136 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020xzpm. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:05 AM UTC.