M2.4 earthquake 2 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 2 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 8:27 PM CST (02:27 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-13 02:27:34 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.974° N, 97.259° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Station coverage gap
- 21°
- Stations used
- 100
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.62 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
- 2.42 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.54 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
- 2.01 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.52 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.23 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.9Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.51 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2103 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.67 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 2103 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.82 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2103 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.18 km SE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 2100 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
- 2.24 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2100 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.91 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.04 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2097 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.88 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2096 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.37 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2094 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.77 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2093 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.87 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2093 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2092 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2092 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 2.310 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2090 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2090 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2089 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2088 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.94 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2087 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2086 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.615 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2084 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.75 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.615 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2083 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2082 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Dover, Oklahoma · 2082 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2081 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.811 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2081 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.93 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2080 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.111 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2080 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.88 km W of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2078 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2077 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.49 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2077 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2077 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.59 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2077 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.99 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2077 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2077 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.93 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2076 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 2075 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2074 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.813 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2073 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2072 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.45 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2072 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2072 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2071 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 109.
Before
- 1.73 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2115 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.84 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2116 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2117 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.25 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 2118 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
- 1.83 km NE of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
- 1.89 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2120 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2120 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9Oklahoma · 2121 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 2121 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.911 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2121 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.77 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2122 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.74 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 2123 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2127 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.07 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2127 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.415 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 1.515 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.51 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.04 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2131 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020ykel (also filed as us7000cqnz). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:49 AM UTC.