M2.7 earthquake 1 km NNW of Kremlin, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 1 km NNW of Kremlin, Oklahoma on Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 6:31 AM CDT (11:31 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 8 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-10-15 11:31:07 UTC
- Depth
- 4.4 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.561° N, 97.835° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- 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
- 1.73 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.24 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.04 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.78 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.34 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.57 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.612 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.84 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.52 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.08 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
- 4.06 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 109
- 2.58 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 2.711 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 1.87 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.27 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.47 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.17 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.67 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.65 km S of Anthony, KS · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.96 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.54 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.63 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.64 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.610 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.44 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.24 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.66 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.56 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.66 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.03 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
- 2.14 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.97 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.511 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 20
- 2.88 km SW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.91 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.76 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.94 km SE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 2.2Kansas · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.15 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.83 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.75 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.52 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.08 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.95 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.84 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.22 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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