Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 8:12 AM CST (14:12 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-12-23 14:12:56 UTC
Depth
7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.754° N, 98.066° 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
111°
Stations used
79

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 164 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2100 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 3.110 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.39 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.29 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.51 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.67 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.82 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.1Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.910 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2097 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2097 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.24 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2096 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 1.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2095 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2095 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 1.91 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2094 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 1.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2094 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 1.64 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2094 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 2.04 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2094 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 1.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2094 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2094 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 2.010 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2094 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.810 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2093 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 1.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2093 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 1.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2093 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2092 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 1.88 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2092 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2092 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 2.37 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2090 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.77 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2089 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 1.87 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2089 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2088 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2088 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
  41. 2.310 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2086 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2085 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 1.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2084 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 2.77 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2082 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 41
  45. 1.99 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2082 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2082 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 2.49 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2081 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 11
  48. 2.19 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2081 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.67 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2081 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 8
  50. 1.75 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2080 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2078 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2078 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 1.96 km NW of Dover, Oklahoma · 2078 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2077 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 1.811 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2077 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 2.66 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.111 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 2.310 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 1.88 km W of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2074 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 164.

Before

  1. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2100 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.9Oklahoma · 2101 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.47 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2102 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 11
  4. 2.01 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.54 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 6
  8. 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.53 km NW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.84 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2112 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2113 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2113 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2113 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2113 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 3.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2113 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.014 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2116 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020zdit. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:25 AM UTC.