M1.8 earthquake 8 km WNW of Caney, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 8 km WNW of Caney, Oklahoma on Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 2:16 PM CST (20:16 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 6 km SSE of Gerty, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-27 20:16:09 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.267° N, 96.302° 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
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 211°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.66 km SW of Byars, Oklahoma · 2400 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.96 km SSE of Gerty, Oklahoma · 2395 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.513 km NE of Leon, Oklahoma · 2376 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Kenefic, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.71 km NE of Coalgate, Oklahoma · 2349 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020ebru. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 5:13 AM UTC.