Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 9 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Mon, Nov 3, 2014, 4:27 PM CST (22:27 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 4 km ENE of Milan, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2014-11-03 22:27:50 UTC
Depth
3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.737° N, 97.892° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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 1.1 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
89°
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.312 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4347 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.710 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 4347 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 3.06 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4347 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.82 km NNE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.67 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 3.06 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.86 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.87 km ESE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 3.06 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.56 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.65 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 2.26 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.05 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.72 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.84 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.86 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 3.25 km NNW of Anthony, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 6
  18. 2.05 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.95 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.71 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 1.65 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 2.36 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 2.67 km NNW of Anthony, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.25 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 3.26 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 8
  26. 1.65 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 2.65 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  28. 1.6Kansas · 4345 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 2.53 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
  30. 1.95 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4345 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 2.55 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4344 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5
  32. 2.47 km NNW of Anthony, Kansas · 4344 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.54 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 4344 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 2.810 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4344 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 2.56 km E of Amorita, Oklahoma · 4344 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 2.54 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4344 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.54 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4343 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 2.78 km W of Billings, Oklahoma · 4343 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 2.59 km SE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4343 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 2.85 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4343 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 2.86 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4343 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 2.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4343 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 3.26 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4343 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 5
  44. 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4343 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 2.68 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4343 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  46. 1.71 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4343 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 2.45 km N of Billings, Oklahoma · 4342 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 3.011 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 4342 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  49. 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4342 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  50. 2.56 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4342 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 1.68 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4342 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  52. 3.35 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4342 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 6
  53. 3.05 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4342 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.55 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4342 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  55. 1.63 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4341 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 3.12 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4341 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.710 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4341 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  58. 2.66 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4341 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 3.16 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4341 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 1.64 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4341 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.57 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4347 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.97 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4347 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 2.54 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4347 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 2.74 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4348 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.8Oklahoma · 4348 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 2.77 km WNW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4348 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.67 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4348 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.75 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4348 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.80 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4348 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.511 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4348 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.53 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4348 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.510 km SSE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4348 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.56 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4348 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 2.63 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.610 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 3.14 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.5Kansas · 4349 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.512 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4349 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.86 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 1.61 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4349 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000stt5. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:47 PM UTC.