M2.6 earthquake 3 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 2:58 AM CST (08:58 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 5 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-03 08:58:36 UTC
- Depth
- 6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.408° N, 98.145° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 62
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9Oklahoma · 2454 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.53 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.712 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.514 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2451 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.77 km NNE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2449 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2448 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.25 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2448 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.42 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 3.45 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 16
- 2.38 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.15 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.24 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.15 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.210 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2444 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.17 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2444 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 1.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.215 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.74 km E of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.77 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.13 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.07 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.30 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.310 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.210 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.6Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2437 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.39 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2435 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.91 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2434 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2434 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2434 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2431 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6Oklahoma · 2431 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.110 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2431 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.66 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2430 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
The first 60 of 144.
Before
- 1.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2456 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.14 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
- 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.44 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.54 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.71 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 70
- 1.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.15 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.911 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.87 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.913 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020aeiu (also filed as us70006u43). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:27 PM UTC.