Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 7 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 14, 2014, 1:02 PM CST (19:02 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
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2014-12-14 19:02:16 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.485° N, 98.205° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.9 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
109°
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. 3.14 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4308 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.75 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4308 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.25 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4308 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.86 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4308 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4308 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.513 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4308 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.7Oklahoma · 4308 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 2.712 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4308 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 3.23 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4307 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.74 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4307 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.6Oklahoma · 4307 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.74 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4307 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  13. 1.86 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4307 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.89 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4307 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.64 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4306 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.78 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4306 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.412 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4306 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 3.113 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4306 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 4306 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.68 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4306 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.99 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 12
  22. 3.410 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 11
  23. 1.56 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4304 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 2.63 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.72 km ENE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 2.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  27. 3.36 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.41 km NW of Anthony, Kansas · 4304 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 2.56 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.11 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 2.95 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.96 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 4303 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.712 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 2.82 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 8
  35. 2.513 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 1.65 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4303 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 1.65 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4303 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 1.94 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4302 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 1.93 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4302 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 2.93 km ESE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  41. 3.03 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.85 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4302 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 3.16 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.86 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.84 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 4302 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 3.04 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  47. 3.36 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  48. 1.95 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 3.48 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 3.48 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  51. 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.26 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4301 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  53. 3.66 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 6
  54. 1.66 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4301 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 3.04 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
  56. 1.75 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 2.6Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 2.86 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4301 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 3.54 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 4301 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 10
  60. 2.27 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4301 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.612 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4308 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 2.75 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4308 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.05 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4308 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4308 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  5. 1.58 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4309 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 3.913 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4309 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 26
  7. 2.813 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4309 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 3.05 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4309 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.76 km NNE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4309 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 1.67 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4309 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.74 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4309 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.69 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4309 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.55 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 3.64 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  15. 1.77 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.96 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.913 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 1.76 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.74 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away

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