M3.1 earthquake 4 km NNE of Helena, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 4 km NNE of Helena, Oklahoma on Tue, Nov 18, 2014, 10:06 PM CST (04:06 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 8 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-11-19 04:06:50 UTC
- Depth
- 6.2 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.590° N, 98.256° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.3 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- 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
- 2.510 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4280 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.48 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4280 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.47 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4280 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km SSE of Byron, OK · 4280 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4280 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.84 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4280 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.56 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4280 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.613 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4280 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.02 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4280 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.64 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.44 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 8
- 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4279 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.75 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.85 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4279 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.04 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 3.5Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
- 3.0Kansas · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.13 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.81 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.91 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.94 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 3.63 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 8
- 2.74 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.93 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.64 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 47
- 2.613 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.62 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.96 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.65 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.54 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 3.14 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 1.65 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.84 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.94 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.83 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.1Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 2.5Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.42 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.58 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.53 km NW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 8
- 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 9
- 2.74 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
- 2.98 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
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