M2.9 earthquake 5 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 3, 2014, 4:12 AM CST (10:12 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 6 km NE of Hunter, 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
- 2014-12-03 10:12:01 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.590° N, 98.296° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- 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
- 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 3.27 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 3.47 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3
- 1.97 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.19 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.94 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.03 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.111 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 1.94 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.82 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
- 1.52 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.511 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.911 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.52 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 69
- 3.86 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 50
- 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.53 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.610 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.12 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.72 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.15 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
- 2.74 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.611 km W of Norwich, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.53 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 16
- 2.410 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4262 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.53 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4262 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4262 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4262 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.03 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4262 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.510 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4262 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.11 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4261 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.62 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.68 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4261 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.77 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.19 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.83 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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