Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 2 km WSW of Fairview, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km WSW of Fairview, Oklahoma on Thu, Mar 5, 2020, 5:02 PM CST (23:02 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-03-05 23:02:36 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.257° N, 98.508° 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
±0.20
Station coverage gap
46°
Stations used
98

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2393 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2393 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  5. 1.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2390 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2389 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2389 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.710 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2388 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2387 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2387 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.12 km NNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2387 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2385 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.614 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 2385 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.02 km WSW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2385 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  18. 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2383 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 1.79 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2383 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.95 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2383 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2380 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2380 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 1.95 km S of Canton, Oklahoma · 2380 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2379 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 2.66 km SE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2379 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  26. 2.34 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2378 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 1.510 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2377 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2377 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2377 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2377 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 1.69 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2376 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  32. 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2376 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 2.67 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2376 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 2.09 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 1.812 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 1.8Oklahoma · 2372 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  40. 1.77 km E of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2372 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 1.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2372 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  42. 2.98 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2371 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 3.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2369 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 7
  44. 1.83 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2369 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 1.923 km WSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 2369 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 2.43 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 1.93 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 1.64 km ENE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2364 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 45
  51. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2364 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 116
  52. 1.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2364 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.22 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 2.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 1.711 km WNW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  57. 2.13 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2360 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.13 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2360 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 1.53 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2360 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 2.33 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2359 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 98.

Before

  1. 1.921 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2393 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 1.77 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2394 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.73 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2397 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2400 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.74 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2400 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 1.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2401 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.08 km W of Drummond, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2403 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.63 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2403 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2403 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2403 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.27 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2405 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 1.72 km WNW of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.57 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2407 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.72 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2407 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.6Oklahoma · 2407 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  20. 1.87 km W of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2409 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020eoru (also filed as us60008apz). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:50 AM UTC.