Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 4 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma on Sat, May 17, 2014, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 7 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2014-05-17 18:38:24 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.576° N, 97.803° 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.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
45°
Stations used
55

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 135 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.22 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4513 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 51
  2. 1.54 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4513 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.89 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4513 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.79 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4513 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.69 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4512 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.56 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4512 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.52 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4512 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.510 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4512 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 3.05 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4512 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.31 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4512 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.92 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4512 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 27
  12. 3.26 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 3.02 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.512 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.57 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4510 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.23 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4510 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.66 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4510 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.56 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4510 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
  19. 2.13 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4509 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.57 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4509 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 2.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4509 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 1.71 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4509 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 1.90 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4509 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 3.05 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4509 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 1.90 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4509 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 2.0Kansas · 4509 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 2.89 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4509 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 3.511 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4509 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 152
  29. 2.10 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4508 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 1.60 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4508 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.50 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4508 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 2.50 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4508 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  33. 1.80 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4508 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 2.10 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4508 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 2.510 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4508 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 2.50 km NNW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4508 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 2.29 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4507 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 1.62 km NW of Danville, Kansas · 4506 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 2.75 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4506 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 2.84 km SSE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4506 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.43 km SSE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4506 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 3.06 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 4505 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 2.68 km SSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4505 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 1.66 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4505 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4505 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  46. 2.711 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4505 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 1.61 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4504 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 2.57 km WSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4504 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 2.611 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4504 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 2.58 km SW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4503 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 4503 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 2.52 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4503 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  53. 2.61 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4503 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  54. 2.25 km ESE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4503 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 2.86 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4503 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  56. 2.911 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4502 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 2.62 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4502 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  58. 2.86 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4502 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 2.94 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4502 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  60. 2.13 km SSW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4502 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.64 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4513 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.52 km S of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4513 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 3.12 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4513 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 13
  4. 2.53 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4514 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 8
  5. 3.19 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4514 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.511 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4514 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.69 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4514 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 2.69 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4514 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.69 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4514 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.52 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.712 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 3.412 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 32
  13. 2.69 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.79 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.99 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.69 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 3.36 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 4516 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 1.66 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4516 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 3.1Oklahoma · 4516 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 2.61 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4516 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 12

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