Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 5 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 14, 2014, 4:22 PM CST (22:22 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2014-12-14 22:22:55 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.327° N, 97.526° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 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.

Location uncertainty
About 1.2 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
58°
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. 2.84 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.85 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.86 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 3.05 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.74 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.74 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4304 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.710 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.513 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.7Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.712 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 3.23 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.74 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.6Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.74 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.86 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4303 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.86 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.89 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 2.64 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.78 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  21. 3.412 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 3.113 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.710 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.68 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 2.68 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.99 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 12
  28. 3.410 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 11
  29. 2.63 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 2.72 km ENE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  31. 2.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 3.36 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
  33. 2.56 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 2.88 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.53 km WSW of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.95 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  37. 2.99 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 13
  38. 2.95 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 2.98 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.712 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 2.82 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 8
  42. 2.513 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 1.65 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4298 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 1.94 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4298 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 2.93 km ESE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  46. 3.03 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.85 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4298 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 2.55 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 3.16 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
  50. 2.86 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  51. 3.04 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 2.55 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  53. 3.36 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  54. 1.95 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 3.48 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 3.48 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
  57. 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
  58. 3.66 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 6
  59. 3.04 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 5
  60. 1.75 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.75 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 4.04 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 63
  3. 3.14 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.97 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.612 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.75 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 3.05 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.93 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.54 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 3.14 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
  12. 2.94 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.58 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 3.913 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 26
  15. 2.813 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.54 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.05 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.76 km NNE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.67 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4305 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.69 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4305 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000t6nu. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 12:25 AM UTC.