Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 1 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 1 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma on Fri, Apr 4, 2014, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 6 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2014-04-05 02:30:53 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.303° N, 97.567° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
91°
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 180 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.75 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4558 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 2.85 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4558 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  3. 3.010 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4558 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 3.82 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4558 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 47
  5. 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4558 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 3.05 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4557 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 3.85 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4557 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 84
  8. 2.75 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4557 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
  9. 2.65 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4557 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 3.15 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4557 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.88 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4557 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
  12. 3.46 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4557 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 8
  13. 3.02 km ESE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4556 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.51 km SE of Langston, Oklahoma · 4556 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.510 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4556 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 4.26 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4556 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 302
  17. 2.66 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4556 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 5
  18. 2.56 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4556 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  19. 3.16 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4556 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.65 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4556 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 2.95 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4556 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  22. 2.85 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4556 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 2.65 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4555 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 2.33 km WSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4555 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 2.87 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4555 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 2.82 km N of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4555 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 3.26 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4555 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 10
  28. 2.712 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 2.76 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 2.83 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 2.97 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  32. 2.77 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  33. 2.31 km ENE of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 2.611 km SSE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 3.012 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 12
  36. 2.412 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 2.812 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  38. 2.82 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.27 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5
  40. 2.72 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 2.63 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  42. 4.012 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 313
  43. 3.212 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 3.412 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 30
  45. 3.511 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 12
  46. 2.712 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  47. 2.912 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  48. 2.812 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 3.15 km E of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 3.75 km E of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 19
  51. 2.75 km ESE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 3.14 km E of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 2.75 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.63 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  55. 2.76 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 2.56 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 3.06 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4552 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 7
  58. 2.512 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4552 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  59. 2.66 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4552 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.512 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4552 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.25 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4559 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.86 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4559 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 3.16 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4559 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.71 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4559 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.65 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4559 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 3.05 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4559 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 3.15 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4560 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.75 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4560 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.7Oklahoma · 4560 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 3.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4560 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 9
  11. 2.92 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4560 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.85 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4560 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 3.13 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4560 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 3.1Oklahoma · 4560 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 3.35 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4560 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.13 km N of Ripley, Oklahoma · 4561 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.83 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4561 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.71 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4561 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 2.54 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4561 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 2.92 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4561 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000p66y. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC.