Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 1, 2021, 1:54 PM CST (19:54 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 14 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-01 19:54:21 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.294° N, 97.524° 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
±0.20
Station coverage gap
39°
Stations used
57

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.614 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.214 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.614 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 1.84 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.613 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.014 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.614 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.216 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.015 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.714 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.415 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.513 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.713 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.914 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.615 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.514 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.614 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 1.515 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 1.714 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 3.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 14
  24. 1.74 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 1.84 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 1.98 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  29. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2026 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2026 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 2.35 km WSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 2.65 km WSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  34. 1.77 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 2.22 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2024 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2024 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  37. 1.58 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2024 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 1.92 km WNW of Chandler, Oklahoma · 2024 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 1.812 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2023 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2023 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 2.18 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2023 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 1.83 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2022 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 1.55 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2021 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 1.68 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 1.72 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2019 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 2.616 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2019 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.48 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2019 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.715 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2019 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 1.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2018 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2017 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.016 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2017 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  53. 1.57 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2017 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.56 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 2015 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 1.61 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2014 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2014 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 1.811 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 1.74 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 1.68 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of 104.

Before

  1. 1.914 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.914 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.915 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.715 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.714 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.614 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.014 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.014 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.514 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 12
  10. 1.513 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.9Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.516 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.32 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  16. 3.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 30
  17. 1.65 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2033 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.75 km WSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2033 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.73 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2034 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021efic. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:53 AM UTC.