Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 10 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 9:22 AM CST (15:22 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-02-20 15:22:48 UTC
Depth
5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.413° N, 96.882° 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
±0.21
Station coverage gap
68°
Stations used
55

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
  2. 1.72 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.57 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2405 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.67 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2404 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.72 km WNW of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2404 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 2.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.615 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2398 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 1.616 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2398 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 1.73 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2396 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  12. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2389 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2388 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2388 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2388 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2386 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2386 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.711 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2385 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  19. 2.411 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2384 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 2.98 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2384 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  21. 1.98 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2384 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2383 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  23. 3.08 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2380 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 6
  24. 2.18 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2380 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 2.66 km SE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2377 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  26. 2.48 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2377 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.94 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 1.54 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2374 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 1.610 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 2.214 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  32. 3.49 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2371 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 8
  33. 3.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 7
  34. 1.83 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 2.81 km NE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 28
  36. 1.86 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 1.75 km ENE of Jones, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 2.43 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 2.64 km NE of Davenport, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 9
  42. 1.86 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 1.54 km NE of Davenport, Oklahoma · 2364 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 45
  45. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 116
  46. 1.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 2.22 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 1.56 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2358 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2356 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 2.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2355 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  53. 1.64 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2354 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 1.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2353 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 1.74 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2352 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 2.17 km ESE of Agra, Oklahoma · 2351 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 2.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2351 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  58. 1.83 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2349 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2349 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 1.811 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2349 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 66.

Before

  1. 1.82 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 2407 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.92 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5
  3. 1.92 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.12 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.02 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2409 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.74 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 2410 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.33 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.33 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.36 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2416 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 2.09 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 1.64 km ESE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 1.76 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.69 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 2419 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 1.6Oklahoma · 2423 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 1.56 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2423 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.86 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.68 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.98 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 1.93 km SE of Carney, OK · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020donp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:28 PM UTC.