Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 4 km ESE of El Reno, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km ESE of El Reno, Oklahoma on Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 7 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-07 08:50:08 UTC
Depth
22.6 km (14.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.510° N, 97.912° 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
27°
Stations used
71

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.72 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.13 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1843 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.69 km WSW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 1843 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1843 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 1839 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.27 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1837 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.87 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.04 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1835 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.93 km S of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 1835 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 11
  12. 1.66 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1834 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1833 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.710 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1833 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.87 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1833 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.77 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 1833 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.66 km SSW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 1833 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1831 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.77 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1831 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  20. 2.23 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 1.510 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 1.72 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1823 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.33 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1823 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.73 km E of Bradley, Oklahoma · 1823 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 1.63 km E of Bradley, Oklahoma · 1822 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 2.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1821 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  28. 1.710 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1819 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.710 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 2.13 km E of Bradley, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  31. 1.83 km E of Bradley, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 2.62 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 1816 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  33. 1.65 km W of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1814 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 1.63 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1812 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 1.59 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 1811 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 1.68 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 1810 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 1.62 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 1809 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 1.99 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 1806 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 1.94 km NE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1800 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 2.03 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1800 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 1.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1798 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 2.08 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 1797 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 1.68 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 1796 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 1.813 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1795 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.611 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1793 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 1.811 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1793 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  48. 1.57 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 1793 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 1.64 km ENE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 1792 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 2.18 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma · 1792 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 1.77 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma · 1848 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.66 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.76 km NNE of Alex, Oklahoma · 1850 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  4. 1.62 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1851 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.93 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1851 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1851 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1852 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.76 km SSW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 1855 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.55 km ESE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1855 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.02 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1856 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1857 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.68 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1857 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.05 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 1862 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 10
  14. 2.33 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1864 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.69 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 1868 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.11 km SSW of Verden, Oklahoma · 1871 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.15 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 1873 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 48
  18. 1.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1873 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1874 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021rnpt. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:04 PM UTC.