M2.5 earthquake 7 km WSW of Alva, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 7 km WSW of Alva, Oklahoma on Mon, May 26, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 1 km NW of Medford, 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
- 2014-05-27 00:30:43 UTC
- Depth
- 0.6 km (0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.766° N, 98.740° 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
- 152°
- 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 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.58 km SW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4502 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.52 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4502 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.61 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4502 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.86 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4501 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.62 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4501 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.94 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4500 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.71 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4500 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.66 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4499 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.42 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4498 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 3.37 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4498 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 7
- 3.15 km E of Carrier, Oklahoma · 4498 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 20
- 2.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4497 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4496 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4496 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.56 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4496 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.84 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4495 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.86 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4489 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
- 2.66 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4489 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 4489 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4488 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4488 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.00 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4487 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.53 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4487 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.76 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4486 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.55 km W of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4483 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.06 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4482 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.08 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4482 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
- 2.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.610 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.09 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.610 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.69 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 9
- 2.11 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4478 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.98 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4477 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.910 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4477 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 119
- 3.08 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4477 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
- 2.59 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4477 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.86 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4475 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.36 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4475 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4474 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.46 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4474 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
- 2.9Oklahoma · 4474 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4474 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.811 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4474 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.06 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4473 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4473 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4473 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.35 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma · 4472 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
- 1.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4472 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.66 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 4472 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
- 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4472 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4472 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.09 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4472 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.89 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4472 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.26 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4471 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.211 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4471 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.17 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4471 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.12 km NNW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4470 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 3.710 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4470 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 15
- 3.07 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4470 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of 158.
Before
- 1.61 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4503 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4503 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4503 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.06 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 4504 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.75 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4505 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.62 km NW of Danville, Kansas · 4505 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.50 km NNW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4506 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.10 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4506 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.80 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4507 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.50 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4507 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.50 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4507 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.60 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4507 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.10 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4507 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4507 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0Kansas · 4507 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.90 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4507 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.90 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4507 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.71 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4507 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.66 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4508 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 2.31 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4510 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
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