M1.6 earthquake 4 km W of Dover, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km W of Dover, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 5, 2024, 5:57 AM CST (11:57 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 11:57:12 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.982° N, 97.964° 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
- ±0.21
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- 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 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 665 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.66 km S of Covington, Oklahoma · 664 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.94 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 664 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.65 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 664 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.74 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 664 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 662 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.52 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 661 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 2.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 658 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 655 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.64 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 654 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Dover, Oklahoma · 650 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km SW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 641 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.89 km SW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 641 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 1.910 km SW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 641 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.78 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 640 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.713 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 638 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.313 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 638 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.38 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 635 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.47 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 630 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.212 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 628 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 627 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 627 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.66 km NNW of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 627 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 1.510 km NE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 624 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.25 km E of Meridian, Oklahoma · 621 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.66 km NNW of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 621 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 619 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Verden, Oklahoma · 616 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 1.66 km N of Verden, Oklahoma · 612 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.97 km N of Verden, Oklahoma · 612 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 611 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 1.65 km WSW of Dover, Oklahoma · 666 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.55 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 672 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 73
- 1.61 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 673 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.29 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 676 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 677 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
- 3.410 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 677 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7
- 2.61 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 677 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.97 km NNW of Newcastle, Oklahoma · 679 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 1.77 km NNW of Newcastle, Oklahoma · 679 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 681 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.97 km NNW of Newcastle, Oklahoma · 681 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
- 2.23 km SE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 684 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Dover, Oklahoma · 685 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.28 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 685 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 685 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.19 km NW of Union City, Oklahoma · 686 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 2.811 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 688 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 688 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.54 km NNW of Bison, Oklahoma · 692 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.315 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 692 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2024xwhf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:11 AM UTC.