Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 4 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-05-18 22:13:45 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.865° N, 97.455° 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
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
63

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2318 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.77 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2318 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.04 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 2318 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2317 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.57 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2317 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2314 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.29 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2314 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.79 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2314 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 1.64 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2314 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.96 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2313 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.66 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2313 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 3.92 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2312 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 21
  13. 1.84 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2312 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2312 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2312 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 1.93 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2311 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.71 km SE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2311 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.14 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2311 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.24 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2311 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2310 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2309 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.3Kansas · 2309 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 1.74 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2309 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 1.83 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2309 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2309 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2307 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 1.77 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2306 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 1.64 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2306 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 2.31 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2306 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 1.61 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2306 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.02 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2305 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 1.61 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2305 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2305 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 2.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2305 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2305 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2305 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 1.81 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2304 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 1.65 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2303 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 3.49 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2302 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 11
  40. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2302 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 1.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2301 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 1.62 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2301 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2301 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2301 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  45. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2301 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 1.89 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2300 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 2.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2300 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  48. 1.95 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2300 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.010 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2300 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2300 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 1.98 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 2299 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  52. 1.86 km ESE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2298 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  53. 2.86 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2298 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2298 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 1.66 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2298 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  56. 1.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2298 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 1.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2298 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 1.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2298 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 1.64 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2297 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 1.93 km SE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2297 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2318 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.29 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2318 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.9Oklahoma · 2319 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2319 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.77 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2320 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 1.53 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2320 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2321 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.711 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2321 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 1.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2322 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2322 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2322 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2322 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.13 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2322 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.0Oklahoma · 2322 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2322 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 1.92 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2323 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2325 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 2.29 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2325 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.75 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 2326 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
  20. 1.79 km WSW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2328 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020jtvk. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:27 AM UTC.