Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Wed, Sep 22, 2021, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 7 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-22 20:01:13 UTC
Depth
8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.757° N, 98.052° 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
±0.19
Station coverage gap
87°
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: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1826 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.77 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
  3. 1.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.50 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4
  5. 1.83 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.85 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.52 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1822 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 1.62 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1819 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 1.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1819 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.510 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.74 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.72 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.33 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1816 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1816 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 1.710 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1814 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.710 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1812 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.63 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1811 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 2.42 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1811 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 1.99 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1808 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 1.55 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1807 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 1.916 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 1807 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  29. 1.63 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1806 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 1.82 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1806 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 1.92 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1804 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 2.05 km NE of Braman, Oklahoma · 1802 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 1.99 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 1800 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1800 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1800 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 2.06 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 1797 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1796 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 1.71 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 1796 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 1.94 km NE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 1796 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 1.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  41. 2.34 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1795 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  42. 1.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1794 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 1.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1793 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1793 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 1.810 km WSW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 1792 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1792 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1791 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 2.08 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 1791 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 1.68 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 1790 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 3.09 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1789 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1789 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.48 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1789 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.64 km ENE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 1787 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 2.18 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma · 1786 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1786 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.010 km NW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1786 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 1.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1785 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 1.52 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1785 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 2.89 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1783 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 1.66 km SSW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.710 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.81 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1828 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.66 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1828 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
  9. 3.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 10
  10. 3.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 89
  11. 1.64 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.04 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 1831 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.42 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1831 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.62 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1833 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 1834 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.62 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1834 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1835 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021spwl. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 6:52 AM UTC.