Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 15 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma on Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 6:29 AM CST (12:29 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-12 12:29:00 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.829° N, 98.100° 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
±0.21
Station coverage gap
78°
Stations used
92

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.75 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.615 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2085 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2085 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2084 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.96 km NW of Dover, Oklahoma · 2084 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 1.811 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2083 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.66 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.93 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2082 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.111 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2082 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.88 km W of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 1.79 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2080 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.93 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2078 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.813 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2075 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.52 km SE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 2074 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.08 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.65 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2074 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.45 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 2.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.26 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 2.316 km ENE of Binger, Oklahoma · 2072 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 2.35 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2070 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 1.87 km S of Putnam, Oklahoma · 2069 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 1.89 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2066 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2066 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.311 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2065 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 2.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2065 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 8
  31. 1.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2065 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2065 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.13 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2064 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 2.54 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 1.77 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 3.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
  38. 3.66 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 13
  39. 2.35 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 1.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 4.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 320
  43. 2.55 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 2.05 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 9
  46. 2.26 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
  47. 2.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 1.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 1.95 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 2.15 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  51. 1.85 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  52. 1.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 1.95 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 1.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 2.16 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 1.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 1.55 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 1.83 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 2.05 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 3.46 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 8

The first 60 of 161.

Before

  1. 1.515 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2087 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2088 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.99 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2088 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.94 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2089 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2090 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2091 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.110 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 2091 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
  8. 1.77 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2092 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.310 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2093 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2094 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
  11. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2094 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.87 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2095 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 1.77 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2096 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.37 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2097 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.09 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 2097 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  16. 1.76 km N of Arapaho, Oklahoma · 2097 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.89 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 15
  18. 1.66 km WSW of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.88 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021avbg. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC.