Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 4 km NNW of Quay, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km NNW of Quay, Oklahoma on Sun, Oct 27, 2013, 2:20 AM CDT (07:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 8 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2013-10-27 07:20:28 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.194° N, 96.725° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Stations used
0

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.78 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4717 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.68 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4717 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.22 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4716 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 3.58 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4714 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 153
  5. 2.98 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4714 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 10
  6. 2.88 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4714 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  7. 3.28 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4714 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 26
  8. 3.46 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4714 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 109
  9. 2.78 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4714 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  10. 3.07 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4714 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 15
  11. 2.68 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4714 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
  12. 2.58 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4713 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 9
  13. 3.38 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4712 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 88
  14. 2.58 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4712 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.41 km NW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4712 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 2.08 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4712 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 3.88 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4711 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 339
  18. 2.58 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4711 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 3.25 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4711 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 38
  20. 2.18 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4709 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.67 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4708 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4708 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 71
  23. 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4708 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 2.47 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4708 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.68 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4708 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 6
  26. 2.22 km NNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 4706 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 2.38 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4706 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.53 km SSE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4706 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  29. 3.58 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4706 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 118
  30. 2.38 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
  31. 2.18 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 1.98 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
  33. 1.98 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 2.35 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 2.44 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 3.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 49
  37. 2.18 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 3.37 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 43
  39. 1.610 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4704 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4704 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  41. 3.211 km SSE of Prague, Oklahoma · 4704 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 7
  42. 2.75 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 4703 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  43. 2.38 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4703 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  44. 1.99 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4703 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.28 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4703 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.77 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4703 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 8
  47. 2.28 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4702 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 3.07 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4702 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 43
  49. 2.67 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4701 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
  50. 2.58 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4700 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  51. 2.78 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4700 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
  52. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 2.15 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 2.88 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 8
  55. 2.46 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 2.86 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  57. 3.25 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 20
  58. 1.97 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4694 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 2.07 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4694 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 3.66 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4694 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 61

The first 60 of 99.

Before

  1. 2.88 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4724 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.88 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4727 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.58 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4729 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.95 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 4729 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.55 km N of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 4734 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4736 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.10 km N of Prague, Oklahoma · 4736 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.710 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4738 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.910 km ESE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4738 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 9
  10. 2.66 km N of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 4739 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.91 km WNW of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4744 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 21
  12. 2.87 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4745 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
  13. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4746 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.97 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4746 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 13

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000knw2. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:50 AM UTC.