Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 9 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 9 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma on Sat, Jan 20, 2024, 8:13 AM CST (14:13 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 9 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-01-20 14:13:57 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.121° N, 97.791° 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
±0.18
Station coverage gap
39°
Stations used
86

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.89 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.88 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.710 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.89 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.09 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 975 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.38 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 975 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  8. 1.69 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 975 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.710 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 975 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.710 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 975 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.59 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 975 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.78 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 975 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.58 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 975 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.68 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 974 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  15. 1.88 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 974 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.57 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 974 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  17. 1.68 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 974 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.99 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 973 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.08 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 973 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.69 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 973 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 1.68 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 972 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 1.69 km NW of Velma, Oklahoma · 972 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.89 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 972 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 1.79 km NW of Velma, Oklahoma · 972 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 1.510 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 970 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 1.610 km NW of Velma, Oklahoma · 970 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.59 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 969 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 1.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 968 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.28 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 966 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 1.69 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 1.612 km ESE of Hinton, Oklahoma · 961 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 2.111 km ESE of Hinton, Oklahoma · 961 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 7
  33. 2.112 km E of Hinton, Oklahoma · 959 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.31 km N of Calumet, Oklahoma · 959 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 1.75 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 959 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 1.54 km NNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 954 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 1.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 952 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 1.94 km NNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 952 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 2.23 km ENE of Rosedale, Oklahoma · 947 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.38 km ESE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma · 934 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  41. 1.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 934 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 1.810 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 931 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.47 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 931 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 13
  44. 2.910 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 928 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 16
  45. 1.77 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  46. 1.88 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 2.08 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  48. 1.57 km NE of Verden, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.68 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  50. 1.68 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 2.18 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  52. 1.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 1.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 1.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 2.08 km NE of Verden, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  59. 1.78 km NE of Verden, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  60. 1.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 926 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 1.69 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  3. 1.67 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.610 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 977 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.89 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 977 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.98 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 979 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.08 km N of Foster, Oklahoma · 981 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 982 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 138
  9. 1.79 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 2.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 39
  11. 1.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  12. 1.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 9
  13. 1.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
  14. 4.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1,735
  15. 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 94
  16. 1.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
  17. 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
  18. 2.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.25 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 15

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2024bjus. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:14 AM UTC.