Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 6 km SW of Mooreland, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Mooreland, Oklahoma on Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 7:01 AM CDT (12:01 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 3 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-08-22 12:01:03 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.400° N, 99.263° 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
±0.23
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
118°
Stations used
47

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.78 km NW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2229 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.16 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2228 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.35 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2228 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2227 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2227 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2223 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.73 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2221 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 3.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2220 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 8
  9. 2.42 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2220 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2220 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2220 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.93 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2220 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.87 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2220 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2217 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 1.52 km SE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2213 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2211 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 2.12 km SE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2210 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.715 km ENE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 2210 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2210 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 2.06 km E of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2207 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 1.66 km E of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2207 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 2.05 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2206 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 2.15 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2206 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.66 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2205 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 3.06 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2205 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  26. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2204 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.912 km WNW of Avard, Oklahoma · 2204 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 1.910 km NW of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2201 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 1.62 km NNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2198 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 1.84 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2197 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 2.26 km WNW of Hardtner, Kansas · 2197 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.010 km NW of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2197 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  33. 1.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2196 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2196 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 1.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2195 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.46 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2194 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  37. 1.64 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2194 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 1.816 km NW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 1.66 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 1.71 km NW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2191 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 2.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2190 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 2.09 km SSE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2190 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 1.910 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  44. 2.110 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 1.5Oklahoma · 2187 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2186 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2186 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  49. 1.617 km NW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2185 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  51. 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  53. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 1.611 km SSE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 1.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 1.610 km S of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 1.74 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 1.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2179 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 78.

Before

  1. 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2232 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.416 km SSW of Higgins, Texas · 2234 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.60 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2234 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.14 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2235 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.85 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2236 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.122 km N of Freedom, Oklahoma · 2236 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.54 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2239 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.99 km N of Chester, Oklahoma · 2239 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 1.69 km WSW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2239 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.67 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 2244 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2244 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.55 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2246 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2246 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.75 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2247 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 3.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2247 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  16. 1.52 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2247 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.63 km NW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2247 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2247 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 1.92 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2248 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2248 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020qmln. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:49 AM UTC.