M2.5 earthquake 10 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 10 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 11:24 PM CST (05:24 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-10 05:24:32 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.697° N, 97.678° 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
- 50°
- Stations used
- 101
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.84 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2115 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2115 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.73 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.42 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.62 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 2.42 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.53 km NW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2112 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2112 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.54 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 6
- 2.01 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.52 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.23 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.47 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2106 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 11
- 1.9Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.51 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2103 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.67 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 2103 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.82 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2103 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.18 km SE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 2100 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 2.24 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.91 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.04 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2096 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.88 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2096 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.37 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2094 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.77 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2093 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.87 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2093 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2092 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2092 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
- 2.310 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2090 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2089 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2088 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.77 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2086 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 41
- 1.99 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2085 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2085 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.49 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2085 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 11
- 2.19 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2085 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 2.67 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2084 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
- 1.75 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2082 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2082 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Dover, Oklahoma · 2081 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.811 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2081 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.66 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 2080 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2080 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.111 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2079 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.88 km W of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2078 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2077 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2077 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.49 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2077 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2077 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.59 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
The first 60 of 118.
Before
- 2.25 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 2118 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 1.9Oklahoma · 2120 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 2120 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2121 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.58 km ENE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2122 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.77 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2122 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.74 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 2122 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.11 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2125 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2126 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1Oklahoma · 2126 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2127 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.07 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2127 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.415 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 1.515 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.57 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 1.51 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.04 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2130 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2131 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 41
- 2.311 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2132 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020yext (also filed as us7000cpnv). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:15 AM UTC.