M1.6 earthquake 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 1:01 PM CST (19:01 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 15 km SSE of Waynoka, 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
- 2020-01-02 19:01:28 UTC
- Depth
- 6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.449° N, 98.782° 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
- ±0.19
- Station coverage gap
- 192°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.9Oklahoma · 2454 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.53 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.712 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.514 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2451 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.77 km NNE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2451 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2448 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.25 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2448 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.42 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 3.45 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 16
- 2.38 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.15 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.24 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.15 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.019 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.210 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.2Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.215 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.07 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.30 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.310 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.210 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2437 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2435 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.010 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2434 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2434 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.6Oklahoma · 2431 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.66 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2430 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2429 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.96 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.76 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.78 km WNW of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Aline, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.88 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.86 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.226 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.24 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
The first 60 of 110.
Before
- 1.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2456 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.14 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.44 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.54 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 2458 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.71 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 70
- 1.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.15 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.911 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.913 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.811 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.412 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 14
- 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020adhd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:57 PM UTC.