M2.5 earthquake 5 km SSW of Amber, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Amber, Oklahoma on Sat, Jul 27, 2013, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 1 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-07-28 01:04:48 UTC
- Depth
- 13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.115° N, 97.893° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 31
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
31 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.01 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4801 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.36 km E of Luther, OK · 4800 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.04 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4800 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 32
- 2.33 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4796 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.30 km NNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4791 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
- 1.68 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4789 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.79 km E of Jones, Oklahoma · 4787 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.13 km N of Luther, Oklahoma · 4769 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.64 km N of Luther, Oklahoma · 4769 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.20 km NE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4763 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000iqz3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:03 AM UTC.