Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 4 km N of Billings, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km N of Billings, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 27, 2014, 9:25 PM CST (03:25 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-12-28 03:25:30 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.573° N, 97.438° 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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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.7 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
210°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.58 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4295 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 3.07 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.63 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.17 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4295 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.95 km WSW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4295 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.611 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.98 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4294 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.08 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4294 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.94 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.0Kansas · 4294 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.74 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4294 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 3.09 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.17 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4294 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.95 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4294 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.15 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4294 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 3.36 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.12 km W of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4293 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4293 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 2.24 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 2.97 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
  25. 3.08 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 3.19 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 1.71 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 1.54 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4293 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 3.15 km WNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 15
  30. 2.95 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  31. 2.83 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 2.53 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 3.95 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
  34. 3.85 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.55 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.66 km N of Fallis, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 2.64 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4292 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 2.82 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.68 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 2.42 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4292 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 2.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4292 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 3.13 km SSW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.65 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 2.65 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4292 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 1.6Kansas · 4292 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 2.13 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 2.43 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 3.07 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  50. 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 1.713 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 2.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 3.111 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 3.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 7
  56. 1.94 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 1.94 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 2.14 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 2.35 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  60. 1.75 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.45 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.88 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4295 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 3.46 km NNE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  4. 1.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.86 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.26 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 3.03 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.76 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.95 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.82 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.83 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 3.07 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 6
  14. 2.96 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 3.17 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  18. 3.05 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.56 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.94 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tce3. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:45 AM UTC.