Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 7 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma on Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 3:12 PM CST (21:12 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 8 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-16 21:12:29 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.798° N, 97.570° 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
±0.21
Station coverage gap
97°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.08 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.67 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.0Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.13 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.010 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.07 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.8Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.58 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.19 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.27 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 10
  13. 1.89 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 3.08 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 14
  15. 1.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.28 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.16 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2437 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.39 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 1.57 km SW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2435 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 1.88 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2435 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2434 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.99 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 1.62 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 2.110 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.810 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.83 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 2.72 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 6
  31. 1.83 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 1.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  33. 2.311 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  34. 1.6Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 2.110 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2431 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 1.66 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2431 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2429 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 1.65 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2428 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 1.72 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  40. 1.68 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 2.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.58 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 1.68 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 1.78 km WNW of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 1.93 km SE of Carney, OK · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.98 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 1.68 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 2.74 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 2.38 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.24 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 1.59 km ENE of Ninnekah, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 1.99 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 1.56 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 1.810 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.610 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 1.98 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 1.810 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 2.210 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 2423 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 1.6Oklahoma · 2423 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 1.97 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2422 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 162.

Before

  1. 2.18 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.38 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.88 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.011 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.74 km E of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.69 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 8
  8. 2.09 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.87 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2443 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2443 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.68 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2443 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.810 km SE of Amber, Oklahoma · 2443 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.611 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2443 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 11
  14. 1.69 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 2444 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.17 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2444 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.23 km W of Amber, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.73 km W of Amber, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.811 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020bdan. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:27 AM UTC.