Oklahoma earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 9 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma on Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2020-06-21 03:15:41 UTC
Depth
7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.359° N, 97.359° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1,768
Strongest shaking
VI, strong shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
VI, strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration
21.4% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
1.6 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

1,768 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 40°, dip 83°, rake -152°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 306°, dip 62°, rake -8°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
35°
Stations used
97

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 13
  2. 1.710 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 1.710 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.16 km E of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.710 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.55 km WNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.810 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 3.76 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 41
  12. 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
  13. 1.77 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.76 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.610 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 2288 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.9Oklahoma · 2288 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2288 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  18. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2287 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  19. 2.010 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2287 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  20. 1.95 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2287 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.85 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2287 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.05 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2287 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.15 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2287 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.33 km SE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2287 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 1.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2287 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 1.610 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 2287 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 1.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2287 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2286 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 3.05 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 2286 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.95 km NNE of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2285 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 1.8Oklahoma · 2285 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.95 km NNE of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2285 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 2.15 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 2285 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 1.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2285 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 2.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2285 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 2.45 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 2285 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.511 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2284 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 1.75 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 2284 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2283 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.75 km NNE of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2283 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.75 km NNE of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2283 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 1.75 km NNE of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2282 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2282 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 1.66 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2282 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2281 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  46. 2.210 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2280 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  47. 1.75 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2280 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.211 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2280 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.75 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2279 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2279 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 2.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2279 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  52. 2.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2279 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2279 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  54. 1.59 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2278 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 2.18 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2277 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  56. 2.18 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2276 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 1.61 km NNE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2275 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  58. 2.08 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2274 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  59. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2274 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  60. 1.89 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2273 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away

The first 60 of 177.

Before

  1. 1.62 km SE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.09 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.09 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.611 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 2293 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.810 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 2293 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.56 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2294 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2294 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 2.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2295 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.39 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2295 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  12. 1.96 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2297 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.05 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2297 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.66 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2298 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2299 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.16 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2299 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2299 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2299 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.96 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2299 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.39 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2299 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020mcmz (also filed as us6000afql). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:22 PM UTC.