M2.0 earthquake 2 km NE of Newcastle, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 2 km NE of Newcastle, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 13, 2020, 6:15 AM CDT (11:15 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 4 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Oklahoma Geological Survey
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-13 11:15:04 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.262° N, 97.573° 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
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- 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: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.63 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2209 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2209 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km S of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2209 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 2207 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.44 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2202 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 11
- 2.14 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2202 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2202 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.87 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 2202 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 71
- 1.63 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2199 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2198 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.56 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2197 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.913 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2196 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
- 1.64 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2194 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.713 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2191 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
- 2.16 km NW of Ada, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.74 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2176 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2175 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.46 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2171 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.14 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.35 km WNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 2169 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.513 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2165 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2165 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.313 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2164 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 2164 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.58 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2155 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.66 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2151 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 15
Before
- 1.52 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2211 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.71 km S of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2212 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.44 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2213 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km N of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2216 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.47 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2216 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 10
- 2.34 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2222 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.88 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2225 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2225 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.85 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2231 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.72 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2232 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2232 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.98 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2233 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.86 km WSW of Apache, Oklahoma · 2233 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 53
- 1.57 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2233 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.83 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2233 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.63 km W of Minco, Oklahoma · 2233 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2234 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Apache, Oklahoma · 2234 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 15
- 1.67 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2234 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.76 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2234 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020sapb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:41 PM UTC.