M1.6 earthquake 3 km SSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 3 km SSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 13, 2020, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 4 km SE of Marshall, 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
- 2020-09-14 03:16:00 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.261° N, 97.821° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.25
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 88
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.54 km S of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2205 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 2203 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.44 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2198 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 11
- 2.14 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2198 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2198 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.87 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 2198 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 71
- 1.63 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2195 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2194 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.56 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2194 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.913 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 5
- 1.64 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2190 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.713 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2188 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.09 km SSE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2187 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2187 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
- 1.611 km SSE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.610 km S of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.74 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2171 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.46 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2168 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.14 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2166 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.513 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2161 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2161 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.313 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2160 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2160 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 2160 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.58 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2151 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.66 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2148 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2147 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 15
Before
- 1.63 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2205 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.02 km NE of Newcastle, Oklahoma · 2205 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.52 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2207 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.71 km S of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2208 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.44 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2209 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km N of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2212 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.47 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2212 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 10
- 2.34 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2218 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.88 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2221 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2221 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.85 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2227 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.72 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2228 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2228 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.98 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2229 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.86 km WSW of Apache, Oklahoma · 2229 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 53
- 1.57 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2229 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.83 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2229 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.63 km W of Minco, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Apache, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 15
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