M1.7 earthquake 2 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 2 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma on Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 11:09 AM CDT (16:09 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 7 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-21 16:09:08 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.319° N, 97.975° 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
- ±0.22
- Station coverage gap
- 36°
- Stations used
- 58
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.85 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.34 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2221 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.47 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2215 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 10
- 1.85 km N of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2214 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.71 km S of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2211 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.52 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2209 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.02 km NE of Newcastle, Oklahoma · 2208 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.63 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2208 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2207 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km S of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2207 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.44 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2201 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 11
- 2.14 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2201 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2201 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.87 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 2201 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 71
- 1.63 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2198 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2196 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.56 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2196 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.913 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2194 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
- 1.64 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2194 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.713 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2191 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.09 km SSE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2190 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2189 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
- 1.611 km SSE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.610 km S of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.8Oklahoma · 2176 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.74 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2175 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2173 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2171 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.46 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2171 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 1.73 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2231 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.86 km WSW of Apache, Oklahoma · 2231 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 53
- 1.57 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2232 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.83 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2232 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.63 km W of Minco, Oklahoma · 2232 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2232 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Apache, Oklahoma · 2232 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 15
- 1.67 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2233 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.76 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2233 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2233 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2233 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.34 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2234 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2234 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.63 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2234 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2234 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2235 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.84 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2235 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.92 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2236 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.74 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2236 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of McLoud, Oklahoma · 2236 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020qkye. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:48 AM UTC.