Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 4 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 4 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 20, 2020, 5:54 AM CDT (10:54 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2020-09-20 10:54:54 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.129° N, 97.592° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
11
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

11 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?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique normal
Moment magnitude
3.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 280°, dip 65°, rake -35°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 26°, dip 59°, rake -150°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Station coverage gap
28°
Stations used
68

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 167 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.14 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2198 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2198 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 2.87 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 2198 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 71
  4. 2.14 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2197 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2196 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.011 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 2196 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.711 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 2196 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2195 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.63 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2195 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 1.55 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2195 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.53 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2194 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2194 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 1.56 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.52 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 1.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 1.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.710 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2193 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.15 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.46 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.913 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
  22. 1.64 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 2.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2191 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 1.711 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2191 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 1.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2191 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 1.64 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2190 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 1.66 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2190 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 2.03 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2189 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2189 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 2.1Oklahoma · 2189 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 1.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2189 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 2.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 1.71 km NW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 1.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 1.713 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 1.810 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 1.95 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2187 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  40. 1.89 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  41. 2.39 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  42. 1.54 km SSW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2183 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 1.510 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  45. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 1.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 1.96 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 1.70 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 1.89 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 1.610 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.99 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2179 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  53. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2178 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 2.810 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2178 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  55. 1.810 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2178 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  56. 1.74 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2177 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 1.79 km NNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 2177 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 1.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2177 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 2.02 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2175 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2175 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away

The first 60 of 167.

Before

  1. 1.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2199 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.110 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2201 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2202 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 3.06 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2202 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
  5. 1.66 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2203 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 1.55 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 2203 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.15 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2203 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.05 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2204 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.05 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2204 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.54 km S of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2205 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.63 km SSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2205 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.63 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2205 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.66 km E of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2205 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.06 km E of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2205 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.02 km NE of Newcastle, Oklahoma · 2205 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2206 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.87 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2206 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.52 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2207 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.12 km SE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2208 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 1.76 km NW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2208 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020snix (also filed as us7000bqgh). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:22 PM UTC.