Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 10 km W of Quay, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 10 km W of Quay, Oklahoma on Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 2 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-03-25 01:05:42 UTC
Depth
7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.144° N, 96.830° 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
±0.24
Station coverage gap
31°
Stations used
90

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.214 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2380 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.49 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2378 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 8
  3. 3.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
  4. 1.83 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.81 km NE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 28
  6. 1.86 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2374 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2374 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.75 km ENE of Jones, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.43 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.64 km NE of Davenport, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 9
  12. 1.86 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 1.54 km NE of Davenport, Oklahoma · 2372 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2370 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 45
  15. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2370 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 116
  16. 1.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2370 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2369 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.22 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2369 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2369 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.56 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2365 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 2.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 1.64 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 1.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2361 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 1.74 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2359 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.17 km ESE of Agra, Oklahoma · 2359 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 2.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2358 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
  28. 1.83 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2357 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2357 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.811 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2356 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 1.82 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2356 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.110 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2355 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 2.27 km ESE of Agra, Oklahoma · 2355 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 1.68 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 2355 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 1.88 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 2355 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 1.61 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2354 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 1.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2353 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 1.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2352 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 2.36 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2351 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 3.36 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2349 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
  41. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2349 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.07 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2349 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 2.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2349 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  44. 1.98 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2348 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 1.87 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2348 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 1.85 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2348 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 2.9Oklahoma · 2347 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.7Oklahoma · 2347 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 1.614 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2347 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 1.66 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2347 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 2.46 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2347 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 2.011 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2347 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 2.5Oklahoma · 2346 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 2.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2346 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
  55. 1.79 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2344 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 1.86 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2344 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 1.99 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2344 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2344 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2343 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 2.210 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2340 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 96.

Before

  1. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2381 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.54 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 2382 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.94 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 2382 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.66 km SE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2385 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.98 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.98 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.87 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.711 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2393 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2393 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2395 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  13. 1.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2395 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2395 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2397 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2398 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  17. 1.616 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 1.615 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2409 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2409 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020fxol. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:38 PM UTC.