Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 14 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 14 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma on Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 9:00 AM CST (15:00 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-04 15:00:13 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.855° N, 98.200° 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
±0.27
Station coverage gap
41°
Stations used
56

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 108 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 14
  2. 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.74 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.56 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.84 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 1.98 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2027 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2025 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.22 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2023 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2023 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.58 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2023 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2022 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.18 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2022 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.83 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2021 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.68 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2019 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2019 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.69 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 2019 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.09 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 2018 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 2.48 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2018 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 1.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2017 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 1.69 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 2017 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2016 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.56 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 2015 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 1.914 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 1.811 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 2.23 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  31. 1.73 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.93 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.74 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 1.68 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 2.49 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 2.63 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  37. 1.63 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.95 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 1.75 km NW of Bison, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 3.311 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 7
  41. 1.54 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 1.53 km S of Union City, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  43. 1.92 km ENE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 1.64 km S of Union City, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 1.54 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 2.63 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2009 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  47. 1.51 km ENE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2009 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 1.72 km ENE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 1.61 km NE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 1.84 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.24 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  52. 1.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  53. 1.54 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.43 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.54 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
  56. 1.54 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 1.84 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 1.64 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.64 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 2.54 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 91.

Before

  1. 1.916 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.515 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2028 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.614 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.514 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 2.25 km E of Union City, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
  8. 1.615 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.54 km E of Union City, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.65 km E of Union City, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.914 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  12. 1.713 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.513 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.415 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  15. 1.714 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.015 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.216 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.04 km E of Union City, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.614 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 2.014 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021ekkx. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC.