Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 2 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 2 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma on Mon, Apr 19, 2021, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 9 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-19 21:06:21 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.962° N, 96.752° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Station coverage gap
84°
Stations used
99

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 1980 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.66 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 1979 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.810 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1979 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.09 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 1978 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.89 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1976 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.010 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1976 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.39 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1976 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.89 km W of Meeker, Oklahoma · 1975 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.310 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1973 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1969 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1969 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.74 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 1965 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 1.87 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 1965 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1965 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.216 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 1964 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.610 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1958 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.14 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 1954 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1948 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.17 km SE of Agra, Oklahoma · 1946 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 1.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 1946 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 1.84 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1941 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.43 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 1941 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.610 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 1.67 km W of Meeker, Oklahoma · 1933 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 1.69 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1927 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 2.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1925 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 1.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1924 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 3.73 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1924 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 83
  29. 1.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1924 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 2.03 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1924 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.63 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1924 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  32. 1.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1923 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 1.73 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1923 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away

Before

  1. 1.711 km SE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1982 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1988 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  3. 1.83 km NE of Stroud, Oklahoma · 1990 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 1.75 km N of IXL, Oklahoma · 1997 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.83 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1999 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.57 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2002 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.15 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2003 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 1.97 km E of Carney, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 2.17 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021hqyc (also filed as us6000e2z9). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC.