M1.9 earthquake 1 km SW of Quinton, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 1 km SW of Quinton, Oklahoma on Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 7 km SSW of Dustin, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Oklahoma Geological Survey
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-15 00:02:27 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.112° N, 95.385° 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
- 132°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.82 km SSW of Hulbert, Oklahoma · 2207 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.63 km SE of Zeb, Oklahoma · 2199 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Calvin, Oklahoma · 2195 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.012 km ESE of Crowder, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.613 km ESE of Crowder, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.712 km ESE of Crowder, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.27 km SSW of Dustin, Oklahoma · 2178 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Yeager, Oklahoma · 2177 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020sdjw. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:27 PM UTC.