Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 3:47 PM CST (21:47 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

Covington forecastMore in Oklahoma

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-07 21:47:33 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.278° N, 97.499° 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
±0.20
Station coverage gap
45°
Stations used
70

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2449 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.35 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2449 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.25 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2448 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.42 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  7. 3.45 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 16
  8. 2.38 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.24 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.54 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.15 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.24 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.15 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.17 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2444 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2443 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 1.74 km E of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 1.77 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 1.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 2.0Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 2.13 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  26. 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  27. 2.07 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 2.30 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 2.27 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 10
  30. 1.89 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 1.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 1.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 1.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 2.39 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 1.57 km SW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2435 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 1.91 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2435 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2434 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 1.99 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 1.62 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 1.83 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2433 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 2.72 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
  43. 1.83 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 1.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 1.6Oklahoma · 2431 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 2.110 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2431 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  47. 1.66 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2431 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2429 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2428 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  50. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2428 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 1.65 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2428 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  52. 1.72 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 1.68 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 2.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  55. 1.93 km SE of Carney, OK · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.79 km SW of Aline, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 1.98 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  58. 1.88 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 1.68 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of 118.

Before

  1. 2.42 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2451 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 10
  2. 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.53 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.9Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 3.14 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 2.44 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 1.54 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 2.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 3.71 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 70
  15. 1.510 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 2460 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.69 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 2460 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.15 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.86 km WSW of Yale, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.911 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1

Earthquakes todayOklahoma earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020amqd. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC.