M2.9 earthquake 6 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma on Mon, Dec 1, 2014, 10:40 AM CST (16:40 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km NNE 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
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-01 16:40:37 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.327° N, 97.523° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.4 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- 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
- 2.54 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.63 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.64 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4319 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.610 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.84 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.66 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.44 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 94
- 2.8Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.14 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4319 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.97 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.511 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 20
- 2.88 km SW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.91 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4318 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.76 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.94 km SE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4318 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.75 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.08 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4318 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.95 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.26 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.53 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.26 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 20
- 3.010 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 3.02 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.62 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 2.65 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.57 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 5
- 2.79 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.87 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
- 1.74 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.15 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.3Kansas · 4316 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.87 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.77 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 145
- 1.67 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 1.77 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.710 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 2.88 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 2.67 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.510 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.25 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.65 km S of Anthony, KS · 4320 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.54 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.17 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.47 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.27 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.87 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.711 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 3.34 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4321 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 66
- 2.58 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4321 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 4.06 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4321 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 109
- 3.08 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4321 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4321 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.612 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4321 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4322 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.78 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4322 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
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