Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 25 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 25 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma on Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC), 7 km (4 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-10-15 03:59:25 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.966° N, 99.399° 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
±0.10
Station coverage gap
194°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.04 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2173 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.52 km WSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2171 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2166 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2166 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2165 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2164 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2162 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2162 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.94 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2161 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.510 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2159 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2158 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 2.310 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2158 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2158 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2158 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2158 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2158 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2158 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2158 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 1.910 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2158 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2157 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2156 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2156 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 1.63 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2155 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.410 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2154 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2154 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2154 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2154 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2154 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2154 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2154 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2153 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2151 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2151 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2150 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2149 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 1.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2148 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 1.56.1 km N of Cherokee, OK · 2147 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.810 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2147 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2147 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 1.710.2 km SSW of Quinlan, OK · 2147 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  46. 2.610 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2147 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 1.610.2 km ENE of Waynoka, OK · 2147 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 1.810 km NE of Quinlan, OK · 2147 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 1.610.1 km SW of Quinlan, OK · 2146 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 1.510.0 km SW of Quinlan, OK · 2146 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 1.510 km NE of Quinlan, OK · 2146 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  52. 1.59.5 km SSW of Quinlan, OK · 2146 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, OK · 2146 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, OK · 2145 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 1.69.1 km SSW of Quinlan, OK · 2145 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 2.410 km NNE of Quinlan, OK · 2145 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, OK · 2145 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, OK · 2145 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, OK · 2145 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 1.69.1 km SSW of Quinlan, OK · 2145 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 121.

Before

  1. 1.53 km WSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2176 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.02 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2177 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2178 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.74 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2179 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.617 km NW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2186 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2186 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.5Oklahoma · 2187 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 2.110 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.910 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2190 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 1.816 km NW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020ugmu. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:42 PM UTC.