Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 4 km S of Avard, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 4 km S of Avard, Oklahoma on Fri, Oct 16, 2020, 11:32 AM CDT (16:32 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 9 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-10-16 16:32:40 UTC
Depth
7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.660° N, 98.796° 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
75°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.73 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 1.58 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2171 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 1.97 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2171 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 1.910 km SW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 1.52 km WSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 2.65 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.87 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2169 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 1.76 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2169 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.46 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.86 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 2168 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
  16. 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.96 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.55 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2166 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2164 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2164 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2163 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2163 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2161 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 2.112 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2160 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2160 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2160 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.94 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2159 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  28. 2.26 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2158 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 1.510 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2157 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2157 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 2.310 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2157 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2157 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2157 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2157 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2157 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2156 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2156 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  38. 1.910 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2156 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 1.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2155 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2155 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 1.65 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2154 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2154 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2154 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 1.63 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2153 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  45. 1.610 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2153 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 1.93 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.410 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  48. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2152 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  50. 1.54 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2152 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2152 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2152 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  54. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 2.04 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2151 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 1.94 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2151 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2149 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  59. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2149 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2148 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 174.

Before

  1. 1.68 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2173 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.8Oklahoma · 2173 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.625 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.53 km WSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 2.02 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2176 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2176 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 1.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2177 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.74 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2178 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2179 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 1.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 1.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 1.617 km NW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 1.54 km SSW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020ujhd. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC.