M2.1 earthquake 9 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 9 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Thu, Sep 2, 2021, 8:27 AM CDT (13:27 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 2 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-02 13:27:23 UTC
- Depth
- 7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.531° N, 98.990° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 73
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 3.02 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1846 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 7
- 1.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1846 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.93 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1846 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.62 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1846 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.14 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1844 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.66 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1843 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 1842 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.72 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1842 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1839 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1838 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 1838 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.53 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1837 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1837 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.64 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 89
- 3.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 10
- 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
- 2.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.66 km SSW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 1828 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1826 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.77 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1826 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
- 1.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.85 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1816 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 1.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1816 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1811 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1810 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1808 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.725 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 1802 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1801 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1801 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1797 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.34 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1795 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.810 km WSW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 1793 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1792 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1790 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 2.48 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1789 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 2.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.02 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1851 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1852 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1855 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.33 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.18 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 1864 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1866 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1869 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.06 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1870 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.414 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1874 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 2.32 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1874 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1876 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1876 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
- 1.58 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1876 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021revj. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:18 PM UTC.