Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 6 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma on Sun, May 30, 2021, 5:12 AM CDT (10:12 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.6 16 km E of Buffalo, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-30 10:12:17 UTC
Depth
6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.571° N, 98.532° 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
±0.25
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 116 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.68 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.616 km E of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 1941 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.54 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1940 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.43 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 1940 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.53 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 1938 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 1.68 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1935 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1935 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1935 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 1.78 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.78 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 2.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  27. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 1.68 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 2.110 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 1.76 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1933 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1933 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 1.613 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1933 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 1.613 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1932 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 1.710 km S of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 1929 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1928 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  37. 1.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1928 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 2.14 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 1926 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1925 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 1.712 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 1925 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 1.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1924 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 1.77 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1922 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1922 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  44. 1.918 km ESE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1920 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1920 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.68 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 1919 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  48. 2.56 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1919 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  49. 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1919 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 1.86 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1919 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 2.48 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1919 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 1.98 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1919 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 1.78 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1918 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  54. 2.25 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1915 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1915 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 1.56 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 1913 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 2.214 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1913 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 1.51 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1913 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1912 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 1.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1912 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of 116.

Before

  1. 1.84 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1941 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.98 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.18 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.77 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.67 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1941 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.39 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 1.68 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1942 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1942 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 2.39 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1942 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1942 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1942 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1942 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.98 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1942 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 2.49 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1942 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1942 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1943 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1943 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1943 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021knae. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC.