M2.5 earthquake 5 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma on Tue, Dec 9, 2014, 11:43 AM CST (17:43 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 9 km ESE of Orlando, 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
- 2014-12-09 17:43:53 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.324° N, 97.528° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.19 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4262 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 9
- 2.62 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4262 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km ESE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4262 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.52 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4262 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.52 km SSE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4261 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.68 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4261 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.71 km NNE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.19 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.83 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.86 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.83 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.810 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.82 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.78 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 28
- 2.43 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.19 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.38 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.59 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4261 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.17 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.92 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.59 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4260 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.5Kansas · 4260 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.29 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4260 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.89 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4260 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4260 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.411 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4260 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
- 2.510 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4260 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.28 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4260 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 11
- 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4260 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.69 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4260 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.63 km SE of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 4260 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 43
- 2.57 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4260 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
- 3.45 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4259 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 2.86 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4259 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.43 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4259 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
- 2.95 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4259 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.711 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4259 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 2.212 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4259 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4259 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4259 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.29 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4259 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4259 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 42
- 2.68 km WNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4258 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 2.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4258 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4258 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.43 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4258 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
- 3.28 km S of Covington, Oklahoma · 4258 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4258 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4258 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 2.78 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4258 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4258 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.76 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4258 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.65 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
- 2.63 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.58 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 4.25 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 120
- 2.64 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 200.
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