M1.6 earthquake 13 km ESE of Crowder, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 13 km ESE of Crowder, Oklahoma on Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 1 km ENE of Quinton, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-12 20:01:22 UTC
- Depth
- 7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.097° N, 95.529° 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
- ±0.24
- Station coverage gap
- 185°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.712 km ESE of Crowder, Oklahoma · 2177 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.27 km SSW of Dustin, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Yeager, Oklahoma · 2173 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.35 km WNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 2166 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.510 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma · 2130 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.710 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma · 2130 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.71 km NE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2121 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.41 km ENE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2120 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 2.012 km ESE of Crowder, Oklahoma · 2177 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Calvin, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.63 km SE of Zeb, Oklahoma · 2196 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.82 km SSW of Hulbert, Oklahoma · 2204 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.91 km SW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2204 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020ucga. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC.