M1.7 earthquake 9 km WNW of Caney, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 9 km WNW of Caney, Oklahoma on Mon, Jun 22, 2020, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 7 km N of Atwood, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Oklahoma Geological Survey
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-06-22 19:46:27 UTC
- Depth
- 17.9 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.252° N, 96.310° 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
- ±0.15
- Station coverage gap
- 211°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 30
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.95 km NW of Marietta, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Tushka, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.27 km N of Atwood, Oklahoma · 2277 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.07 km N of Atwood, Oklahoma · 2277 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.96 km SSE of Yeager, Oklahoma · 2268 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 1.52 km S of Ashland, Oklahoma · 2306 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.514 km NE of Leon, Oklahoma · 2307 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km SSE of Yeager, Oklahoma · 2316 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Ashland, Oklahoma · 2320 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020mfpe. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC.