Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 2 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma on Wed, May 13, 2020, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 9 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-05-14 01:35:51 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.004° N, 96.778° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
15
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

15 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
78°
Stations used
93

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.40 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2328 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.60 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2327 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.60 km W of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2327 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.53 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2325 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.29 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2323 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.00 km E of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2323 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.60 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2323 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 1.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2323 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.04 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 2323 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.04 km NE of Davenport, Oklahoma · 2322 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.29 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2319 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.79 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2319 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.93 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2316 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.712 km SSE of Slick, Oklahoma · 2316 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2315 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.25 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2314 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.31 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2311 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.61 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2311 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.02 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2311 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.61 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2310 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2310 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2310 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.53 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2310 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 1.81 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2309 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.65 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2308 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 3.49 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2307 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 11
  27. 1.58 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2307 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  28. 1.95 km NNE of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2306 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2306 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 1.95 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 2306 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  31. 1.76 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 2306 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.26 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 2306 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 1.96 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 2306 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  34. 1.76 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 2306 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 1.89 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2305 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2305 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  37. 1.66 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 2305 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 1.98 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 2304 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 1.93 km SE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2302 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 1.8Oklahoma · 2302 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  41. 1.63 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2300 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 1.79 km ESE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2299 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2299 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 2.39 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2299 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 2.05 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2297 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  46. 2.39 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2294 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 2.28 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2294 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 2.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2294 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 3.09 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2292 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 6
  50. 1.810 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 2292 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  51. 1.611 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 2292 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  52. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 1.62 km SE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 4.29 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1,768
  55. 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 13
  56. 1.710 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 1.710 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.710 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 1.810 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2288 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2288 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

  1. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.29 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.75 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
  4. 1.65 km E of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2332 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 1.50 km S of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2334 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.29 km SE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2334 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.80 km E of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2334 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 1.54 km N of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2335 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2336 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 1.68 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2338 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.210 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2339 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2341 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.79 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2343 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 2.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2345 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.011 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2345 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.614 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2345 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2351 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2351 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.88 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 2353 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 1.68 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 2353 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020jkyo (also filed as us70009fr8). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:24 AM UTC.