M1.6 earthquake 5 km WSW of Dover, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Dover, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 5, 2024, 3:05 AM CST (09:05 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 2 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Oklahoma Geological Survey
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-05 09:05:33 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.966° N, 97.970° 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
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.64 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 668 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 668 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.66 km S of Covington, Oklahoma · 667 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.94 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 666 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.65 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 666 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.74 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 666 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 664 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.52 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 664 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 2.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 661 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 657 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Dover, Oklahoma · 653 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km SW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 644 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.89 km SW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 644 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 1.910 km SW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 644 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.78 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 643 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.713 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 640 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.313 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 640 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.38 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 638 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.47 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 633 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.212 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 631 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 629 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 629 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.66 km NNW of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 629 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
- 1.510 km NE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 626 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.25 km E of Meridian, Oklahoma · 623 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.66 km NNW of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 623 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 622 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Verden, Oklahoma · 618 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 1.66 km N of Verden, Oklahoma · 615 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.97 km N of Verden, Oklahoma · 614 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 613 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 2.55 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 675 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 73
- 1.61 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 676 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.29 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 679 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 679 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
- 3.410 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 679 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
- 2.61 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 680 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.97 km NNW of Newcastle, Oklahoma · 682 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 1.77 km NNW of Newcastle, Oklahoma · 682 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 683 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.97 km NNW of Newcastle, Oklahoma · 684 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
- 2.23 km SE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 686 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Dover, Oklahoma · 687 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.28 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 687 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 688 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.19 km NW of Union City, Oklahoma · 688 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 2.811 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 691 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 691 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.54 km NNW of Bison, Oklahoma · 694 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.315 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 695 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.85 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 695 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
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