M2.4 earthquake 2 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 2 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma on Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 7:36 AM CST (13:36 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 2 km WNW of Cushing, 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
- 2020-01-07 13:36:57 UTC
- Depth
- 6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.995° N, 96.794° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 10
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
10 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
- ±0.26
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 69
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2449 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.17 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2444 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 1.74 km E of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.77 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.13 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.27 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 10
- 1.89 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.39 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.62 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.83 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.72 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6
- 1.83 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.110 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2431 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.65 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.72 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.68 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.93 km SE of Carney, OK · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.56 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.6Oklahoma · 2423 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.34 km NW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 2421 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.76 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.64 km ESE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.09 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.36 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2416 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.33 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.33 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 1.74 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.02 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2409 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.92 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.92 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
- 1.82 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 2407 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
- 1.72 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.57 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2405 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2404 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.72 km WNW of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2404 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.615 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.616 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.44 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.54 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.510 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 2460 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Yale, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 1.915 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.79 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.56 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 29
- 1.81 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.32 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020alzz (also filed as us70006vqn). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:48 PM UTC.