Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 16 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 16 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma on Sun, Feb 28, 2021, 5:12 PM CST (23:12 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.6 3 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-28 23:12:40 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.837° N, 98.204° 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
±0.33
Station coverage gap
57°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.9Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.513 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.514 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 12
  5. 2.014 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.014 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.614 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.714 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.715 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.915 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.914 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 1.914 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.55 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.614 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.214 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2031 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 1.614 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.84 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.613 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.014 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 1.614 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 2.04 km E of Union City, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.216 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 2.015 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 1.714 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 2.415 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  27. 1.513 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  28. 1.713 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 1.914 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 1.65 km E of Union City, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 1.54 km E of Union City, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 1.615 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.25 km E of Union City, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
  34. 1.514 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 1.614 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 2.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 1.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 1.515 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  39. 1.916 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 1.714 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 3.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 14
  42. 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 1.74 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 1.56 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 1.84 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  48. 1.98 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 2.22 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2023 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2023 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.58 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2023 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  55. 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2022 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 2.18 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2022 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 1.83 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2021 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  58. 1.68 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2019 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2019 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 1.69 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 2019 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 129.

Before

  1. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.32 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 30
  4. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.73 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2033 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.63 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2033 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.43 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2033 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.614 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2033 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 1.714 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2033 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.714 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2033 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.63 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2034 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.714 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2034 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2034 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2036 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 25
  15. 2.35 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2037 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
  16. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2039 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 1.77 km WSW of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2040 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2040 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.78 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
  20. 1.88 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021edtd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC.