M2.7 earthquake 1 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 1 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma on Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 7:03 AM CDT (12:03 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 4 km ENE of Milan, Kansas. 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-19 12:03:42 UTC
- Depth
- 4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.822° N, 97.723° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 183 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.78 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4395 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.72 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4395 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4394 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.92 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4394 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.86 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4394 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.01 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4394 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.12 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4394 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4393 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.62 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4393 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.83 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4393 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.72 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4393 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4392 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.511 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4392 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.32 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4392 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 19
- 2.710 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4391 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.37 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4391 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.89 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4391 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
- 2.57 km NNE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4391 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.72 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4390 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.55 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 4390 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 10
- 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4389 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.09 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4389 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.12 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4389 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.72 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4389 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 11
- 2.44 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4389 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.54 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4389 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.62 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4389 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.12 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4389 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.43 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4389 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 2.610 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4388 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.79 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4388 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 4388 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 1.74 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4388 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4388 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.84 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4388 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.42 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4388 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.03 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4388 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4388 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.14 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4388 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.04 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4388 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4388 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.23 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4388 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 8
- 2.713 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4387 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.88 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4387 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.78 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4387 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4386 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.32 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4386 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.27 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4386 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.63 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4386 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.77 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4386 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4386 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.65 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4385 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4385 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.113 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4385 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
- 2.54 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4384 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.62 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4384 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.09 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4384 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 150
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4384 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 4384 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.010 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4384 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 3.02 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4395 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.311 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4395 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4395 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.36 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4395 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.86 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4395 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 35
- 3.23 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4395 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 10
- 2.75 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.98 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.810 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
- 1.62 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.48 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 8
- 2.86 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.510 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.75 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.73 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4396 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.710 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.23 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4397 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.25 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4397 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.310 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4397 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 12
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