Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 4 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 4 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma on Sun, Mar 2, 2014, 10:51 AM CST (16:51 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 2 km W of Freeport, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2014-03-02 16:51:22 UTC
Depth
3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.767° N, 98.691° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
7
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
131°
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: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6Oklahoma · 4583 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.96 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4582 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.53 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4582 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.84 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4578 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 3.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4577 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 6
  6. 2.75 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4577 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.63 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4577 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.91 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4577 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.57 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4577 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 3.22 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4577 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.72 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4577 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.55 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4576 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.98 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4575 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.97 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4575 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.72 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4574 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.97 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4574 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4574 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.98 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4574 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 3.07 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4574 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 3.73 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4574 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 25
  21. 2.55 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4573 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 2.74 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4571 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 2.59 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4571 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 3.14 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4571 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4570 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 3.18 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4570 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 3.32 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4569 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.58 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4569 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 2.89 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4569 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 3.03 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4568 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7
  31. 2.82 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4567 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 3.02 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4567 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
  33. 3.08 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4567 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 2.8Oklahoma · 4567 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 3.36 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4567 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 2.78 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4567 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 2.73 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4567 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
  38. 2.56 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4566 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 2.78 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4565 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 2.60 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4565 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 2.87 km NNW of Harper, Kansas · 4561 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4559 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  43. 3.36 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4557 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.92 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4556 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 3.13 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4555 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  46. 2.85 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4555 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.71 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 2.75 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 3.46 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4552 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 8
  51. 2.97 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4549 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
  52. 2.66 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4547 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 2.94 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4546 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 3.63 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4541 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6
  55. 2.96 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4540 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 2.95 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4539 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  57. 2.57 km WSW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 4538 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 2.53 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4538 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 3.26 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4537 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 2.74 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4536 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 81.

Before

  1. 3.05 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4591 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.49 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4591 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  3. 3.04 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4591 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.67 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4594 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.83 km WSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4596 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 3.23 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4596 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.77 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4599 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.53 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4605 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 3.49 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4605 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
  10. 2.59 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4606 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 3.06 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 4607 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.83 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4608 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  13. 3.35 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4611 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 6
  14. 3.53 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4612 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 10
  15. 3.38 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4613 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  16. 3.610 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4615 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 34
  17. 2.97 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4615 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.75 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4615 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000mzj9. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC.