Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 1:06 AM CST (07:06 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 3 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-17 07:06:55 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.130° N, 98.089° 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
±0.26
Station coverage gap
58°
Stations used
71

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.13 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.07 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.30 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.27 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 10
  6. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.310 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.210 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 1.6Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.16 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2437 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2437 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.39 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 2437 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.57 km SW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2435 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 1.91 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2435 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.010 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2435 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2435 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.99 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2434 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 2.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  22. 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 1.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 1.6Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 2.110 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2431 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 1.66 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2431 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2430 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2429 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2429 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 1.96 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2428 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 1.72 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 1.68 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 2.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 1.76 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 1.78 km WNW of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 1.79 km SW of Aline, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 1.98 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 1.88 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 1.68 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 2.74 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 1.8Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 1.86 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 2.24 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 1.86 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 1.914 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2422 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 1.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 2422 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  48. 1.9Oklahoma · 2422 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 2.76 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2421 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 13
  50. 1.67 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2421 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 1.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 1.67 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 1.9Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 1.76 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 1.67 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 2.37 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  57. 1.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2419 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 2.56 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2419 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
  59. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  60. 1.611 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of 145.

Before

  1. 1.77 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.74 km E of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.215 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 2443 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2443 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.17 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2444 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 2.2Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.210 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.15 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 2.24 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.15 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 2.54 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.24 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.38 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.45 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 16

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020bdud. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC.