M2.9 earthquake 8 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma on Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 11:32 PM CST (05:32 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 9 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-24 05:32:14 UTC
- Depth
- 4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.623° N, 97.716° 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 II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- 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
- 1.98 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4244 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4243 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.42 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4243 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 1.91 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4243 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4243 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.77 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4243 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4243 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.67 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4243 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4243 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
- 2.510 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4243 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.09 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4243 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 2.22 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4243 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 2.38 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4242 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4242 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 26
- 2.15 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4242 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.52 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4242 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.87 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4242 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 1.54 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4242 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4242 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.67 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4242 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4242 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4242 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4242 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.64 km WSW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4242 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.07 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4242 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 1.85 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4242 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.84 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4242 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.57 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4241 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
- 2.51 km ENE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4241 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
- 2.67 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4241 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 1.87 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4241 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.66 km E of Nash, Oklahoma · 4241 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.13 km SW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4241 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 9
- 2.53 km NW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4241 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 1.98 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.16 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4241 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.13 km SW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4240 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4240 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.18 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4240 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.86 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4240 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.28 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4240 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 53
- 2.04 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4240 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4240 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.86 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4240 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.99 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4240 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.73 km NNW of Anthony, Kansas · 4240 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
- 3.53 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4240 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 9
- 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4240 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4240 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.613 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4239 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.43 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4239 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4239 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4239 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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