Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 4 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 4 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma on Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 4 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Oklahoma Geological Survey
Local time
UTC
2020-08-27 07:36:32 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.204° N, 96.969° 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
±0.19
Station coverage gap
35°
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: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.26 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2226 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.68 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2225 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.88 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2225 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.09 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2223 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.73 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2222 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.29 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2221 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2220 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2220 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.63 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2220 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.210 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2217 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 1.85 km N of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2216 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2213 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.44 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2213 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.76 km NW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2212 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.87 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2210 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2210 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.05 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2208 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.55 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 2207 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.110 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2205 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2203 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 3.44 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2202 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 11
  22. 2.14 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2202 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 1.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2202 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 2.87 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 2202 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 71
  25. 2.14 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2201 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2200 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 2.011 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 2200 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 1.711 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 2200 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 1.63 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2199 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 1.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2198 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  31. 1.52 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2197 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 1.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2197 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 1.710 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2197 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 2.913 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2196 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 5
  35. 2.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2196 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 1.711 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2195 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 1.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2195 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 1.64 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2194 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 2.03 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 2.1Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  42. 1.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 2.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  46. 1.713 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 1.810 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  48. 1.89 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  49. 2.39 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  50. 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2187 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 1.510 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2186 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2186 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  53. 1.96 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2185 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 1.89 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 1.610 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.99 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  57. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  58. 2.810 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  59. 1.810 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 1.79 km NNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 103.

Before

  1. 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2226 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.16 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2228 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.77 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2228 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.47 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2228 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.79 km NW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 2.09 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2231 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 1.66 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2231 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 1.85 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2231 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.97 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2232 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.98 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2233 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2233 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 1.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2234 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2235 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.63 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2235 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.63 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2236 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 1.77 km ENE of McLoud, Oklahoma · 2237 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2237 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 1.63 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2237 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2237 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020qvgg. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:06 PM UTC.