M1.9 earthquake 2 km SW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 2 km SW of Hulbert, Oklahoma on Thu, May 21, 2020, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 3 km NE 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Oklahoma Geological Survey
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-21 19:34:09 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.913° N, 95.161° 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
- ±0.25
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.92 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2325 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.11 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2324 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Slick, Oklahoma · 2322 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.52 km NNE of Notiechtown, Oklahoma · 2319 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.23 km NE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2318 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.51 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2308 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Hulbert, Oklahoma · 2297 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.82 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2281 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.61 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2279 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.812 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma · 2278 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.513 km ESE of Crowder, Oklahoma · 2272 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.93 km NE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2269 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayOklahoma earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020jzcr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:40 AM UTC.