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M 2.8ml
Earthquake near Apache, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Apache in the 24 hours to 11:28 am CST (17:28 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 85 km (53 mi) NNE, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Apache
This page: a magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) west-southwest of Apache, OK, at 10:39 pm CDT on 20 August 2020 (03:39 UTC), 18 km deep. 53 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 6 km WSW of Apache, Oklahoma
27 km (17 mi) N of Lawton, OK · 107 km (66 mi) SW of Oklahoma City, OK
- When
- 10:39 pm CDT on 20 August 2020 ()
- Where
- 7 km (4 mi) west-southwest of Apache, OK · earthquakes near Apache
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 18 km below the surface
- Felt
- 53 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Comanche County, 23 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Meers fault, 10 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2203 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 61 km (38 mi) from the epicentre. In Apache, 7 km away, the estimate is intensity III (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Chickasha 49 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 530 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 29,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 20,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.8× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 530 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 34.8642, -98.4278. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comanche County, OK | 23 km (14 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Comanche County |
| Caddo County, OK | 34 km (21 mi) | N | earthquakes near Caddo County |
| Kiowa County, OK | 51 km (32 mi) | W | earthquakes near Kiowa County |
| Grady County, OK | 52 km (32 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Grady County |
| Cotton County, OK | 64 km (40 mi) | S | earthquakes near Cotton County |
| Stephens County, OK | 67 km (42 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Stephens County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
21 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.8 1 km ESE of Medicine Park, Oklahoma
- 1.7 6 km NW of Cooperton, Oklahoma
- 1.6 8 km NE of Cooperton, Oklahoma
- 1.6 4 km ENE of Medicine Park, Oklahoma
- 1.8 9 km NNE of Cooperton, Oklahoma
- 1.6 4 km E of Medicine Park, Oklahoma
- 1.6 4 km E of Medicine Park, Oklahoma
- 1.6 8 km E of Medicine Park, Oklahoma
- 1.6 3 km E of Medicine Park, Oklahoma
- 2.1 1 km SSW of Verden, Oklahoma
- 1.6 7 km NW of Cooperton, Oklahoma
- 1.7 6 km NNW of Cooperton, Oklahoma
- 2.2 6 km ESE of Cache, Oklahoma
- 1.6 4 km NNE of Cooperton, Oklahoma
- 1.5 4 km E of Medicine Park, Oklahoma
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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