M1.6 earthquake 9 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 9 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 7:51 PM CST (01:51 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 10 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-10 01:51:16 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.529° N, 98.991° 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
- ±0.18
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 95 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.08 km W of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 2117 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2117 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2116 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.85 km W of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2115 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.76 km W of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.53 km NW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.86 km W of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.44 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma · 2110 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2110 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2110 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.9Oklahoma · 2106 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.110 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.39 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.29 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.1Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.910 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2103 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2103 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2103 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2100 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2100 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2100 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.010 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.810 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.87 km N of Arapaho, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2097 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.76 km N of Arapaho, Oklahoma · 2096 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.37 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2096 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.77 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2095 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.87 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2095 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2093 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2093 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
- 1.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2090 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2087 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2085 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2084 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.811 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2082 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.66 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 2082 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16 km NNW of Woodward, Oklahoma · 2081 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.111 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.310 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2080 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 86.
Before
- 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.68 km WNW of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.014 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2122 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2122 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2123 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2123 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2123 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2123 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2123 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2123 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.58 km ENE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.77 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2126 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020yeqs. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:53 AM UTC.