Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 16 km NW of Avard, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16 km NW of Avard, Oklahoma on Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 11:42 PM CST (05:42 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 6 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-18 05:42:30 UTC
Depth
17.0 km (10.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.811° N, 98.913° 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
126°
Stations used
47

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.26 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1,749
  2. 2.05 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.76 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.65 km WSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.65 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.75 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 1.65 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2040 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.55 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2040 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2040 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.85 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2039 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.06 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.56 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.15 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.05 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2037 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.05 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2037 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.85 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2037 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.77 km WNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2035 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2035 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2034 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 1.75 km WSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2033 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 1.65 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 3.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 30
  25. 2.32 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  26. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.310 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 1.916 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 1.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 1.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  32. 3.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 14
  33. 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 1.84 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 2.35 km WSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 2.65 km WSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2024 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  43. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2023 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2022 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 2.18 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2022 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 1.83 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2022 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 1.55 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  50. 2.410 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 1.510 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  52. 1.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 1.68 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2019 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 1.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2018 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2017 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.57 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2016 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 2.56 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 2015 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 1.914 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 78.

Before

  1. 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2043 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2044 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.8Oklahoma · 2044 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2045 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2048 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.02 km ESE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2048 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.92 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2050 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.62 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2051 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.77 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2051 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2052 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 1.66 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2052 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2053 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2055 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2055 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2055 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2055 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.13 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2057 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2058 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2059 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 2.410 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2059 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021dkdl. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:45 PM UTC.