Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 2 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 2 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Tue, Oct 13, 2020, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 7 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Oklahoma Geological Survey
Local time
UTC
2020-10-13 05:56:23 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.736° N, 98.368° 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
±0.22
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
102°
Stations used
78

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2179 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.53 km WSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2178 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.625 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 2178 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.8Oklahoma · 2177 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.68 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2177 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.04 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2176 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.74 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2176 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.73 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2176 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2176 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.58 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2175 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2175 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.97 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2175 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2175 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.96 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2175 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2175 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 1.910 km SW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 1.52 km WSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.65 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  21. 1.87 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  22. 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2173 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 1.76 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 2.46 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.86 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 2172 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
  26. 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 1.96 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 3.23 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2171 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  29. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2171 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2171 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 1.710 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 2.48 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 2.14 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 1.66 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 3.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  37. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 2.18 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 3.37 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 8
  41. 1.55 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  42. 1.56 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 1.99 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2169 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 2.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2167 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  49. 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2167 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2166 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  51. 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2165 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 2.112 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2164 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2164 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2164 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2164 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.94 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2163 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  57. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2163 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 2.26 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2162 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 1.510 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2161 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2161 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 1.79 km NNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.74 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 1.810 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.810 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  7. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.89 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.70 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2185 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.96 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2185 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2185 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2185 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2185 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2185 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2186 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2186 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2186 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.617 km NW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2187 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.510 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2187 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020uczq. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:41 PM UTC.