Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 8 km SW of Alva, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Alva, Oklahoma on Tue, May 27, 2014, 2:39 AM CDT (07:39 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 10 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-05-27 07:39:20 UTC
Depth
0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.764° N, 98.741° 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.

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: 158 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.52 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.61 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.86 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4510 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.62 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4510 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.94 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4509 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.71 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4509 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.66 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4508 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 3.42 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4507 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
  9. 3.37 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4507 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 7
  10. 3.15 km E of Carrier, Oklahoma · 4507 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 20
  11. 2.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4506 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4505 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4505 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.56 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4505 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.84 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4504 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.86 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4498 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.66 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4498 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.38 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 4498 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.76 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4497 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.26 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4497 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 3.00 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4496 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 2.53 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4495 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 2.76 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4495 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 2.55 km W of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4492 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 3.06 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4491 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 3.08 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4491 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
  27. 2.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4489 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 2.610 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4489 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 3.09 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4488 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 2.610 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4488 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 3.69 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4488 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 9
  32. 2.11 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4487 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 2.98 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4486 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 3.910 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4486 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 119
  35. 3.08 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4486 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
  36. 2.59 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4486 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 2.86 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4484 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 3.36 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4484 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 2.34 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4483 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 3.46 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4483 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
  41. 2.9Oklahoma · 4483 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 1.55 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4483 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 2.811 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4483 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 3.06 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4482 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 2.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4482 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4482 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 3.35 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma · 4481 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
  48. 1.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4481 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 2.66 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 4481 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
  50. 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4481 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4481 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 3.09 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4481 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 2.89 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4481 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 3.26 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 2.211 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4480 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 2.17 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4480 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 3.12 km NNW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  58. 3.710 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 15
  59. 3.07 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  60. 2.43 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4478 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 158.

Before

  1. 2.57 km WSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.61 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4512 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4512 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.66 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4512 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 3.06 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 4513 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.75 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4514 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.62 km NW of Danville, Kansas · 4514 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.50 km NNW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.10 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4515 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.80 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4516 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.50 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4516 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.50 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4516 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.60 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4516 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.10 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4516 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.89 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4516 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.0Kansas · 4516 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.90 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4516 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.90 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4516 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.71 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4516 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.66 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3

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