Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 6 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma on Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 3 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Oklahoma Geological Survey
Local time
UTC
2021-04-22 04:58:11 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.645° N, 97.129° 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
±0.26
Station coverage gap
24°
Stations used
98

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.93 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1990 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.810 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1990 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.09 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 1989 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.89 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1987 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.010 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1987 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.39 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1987 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.89 km W of Meeker, Oklahoma · 1986 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.310 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1984 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.914 km WNW of Union City, Oklahoma · 1984 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.414 km WNW of Union City, Oklahoma · 1984 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1980 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1980 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.54 km WNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 1976 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.64 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1976 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.84 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1976 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.84 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1976 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.14 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1976 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.74 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 1976 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.74 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1976 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.87 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 1976 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 1.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1976 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.04 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1975 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 2.216 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 1975 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.69 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 1971 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
  25. 2.59 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 1971 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
  26. 1.610 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1969 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 2.14 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 1965 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 1.65 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1964 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.76 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1964 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 7
  30. 2.36 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1963 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.86 km SSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 1963 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 1.76 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1961 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1959 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 2.17 km SE of Agra, Oklahoma · 1957 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  35. 1.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 1957 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 1.67 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1957 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 2.09 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 1953 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.67 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1952 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 1.84 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1952 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 2.43 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 1951 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.610 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1951 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 3.37 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1948 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 27
  43. 1.67 km W of Meeker, Oklahoma · 1944 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 1.87 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1943 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 1.82 km SSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 1939 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.72 km SSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 1938 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 1.69 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1938 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  48. 1.52 km SSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 1937 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1936 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 1.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1935 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 3.73 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1935 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 83
  52. 1.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1935 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  53. 2.03 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1935 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.63 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1935 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  55. 1.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 1.73 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 1934 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 1.5Oklahoma · 1932 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  58. 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1931 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 1.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 1991 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.88 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1993 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 3.58 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1993 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 58
  4. 2.12 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 1993 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  5. 1.711 km SE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1993 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 3.37 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1997 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 23
  7. 1.66 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1997 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.57 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1998 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.83 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1998 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1999 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  11. 1.83 km NE of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2001 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 3.67 km WSW of Horntown, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 22
  13. 1.71 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.62 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 3.22 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 21
  16. 1.57 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.73 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 17
  18. 1.75 km N of IXL, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.83 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.76 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021hver. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC.