Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 6 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 6 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma on Fri, Apr 2, 2021, 12:30 AM CDT (05:30 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 2 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-02 05:30:42 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.028° N, 98.096° 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
33°
Stations used
81

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.83 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2001 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.74 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 1999 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.73 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1997 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 17
  4. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1997 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1996 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 3.22 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1996 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 21
  7. 1.62 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1996 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.71 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1996 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1991 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 2.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1990 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  11. 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1990 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.83 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1989 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1989 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.86 km NW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1988 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1988 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.010 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1986 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1986 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1986 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1986 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1986 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 2.17 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 1986 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.711 km SE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1984 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 1.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 1982 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 1.66 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 1981 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.93 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1981 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.810 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1981 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.09 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 1980 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 1.89 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1978 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 2.010 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1978 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 2.39 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1978 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1976 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 2.310 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1975 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 1.914 km WNW of Union City, Oklahoma · 1975 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 2.414 km WNW of Union City, Oklahoma · 1975 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1971 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1971 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 2.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1968 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 1.54 km WNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 1967 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 1.64 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1967 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.84 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1967 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 2.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1967 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 1.84 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1967 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 2.14 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1967 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.74 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 1967 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.74 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1967 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 1.87 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 1967 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1967 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 2.04 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1966 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 1.510 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 1965 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 1.810 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1964 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 1.72 km SE of Aline, Oklahoma · 1962 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 1.515 km W of Canton, Oklahoma · 1961 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  54. 1.610 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1960 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 2.06 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 1958 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  56. 2.14 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 1956 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 2.210 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1955 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1955 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1955 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 2.36 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1954 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

  1. 1.57 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2004 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.07 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.23 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.63 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.17 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.94 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.54 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.4Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.64 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.64 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.84 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.54 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.54 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 5
  16. 2.43 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.54 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2009 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.24 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  20. 1.84 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021gkrr. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC.