M2.6 earthquake 4 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma on Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 8:39 AM CDT (13:39 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 7 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-10-16 13:39:49 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.844° N, 97.752° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people 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 1.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- 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
- 3.07 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.62 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.24 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.04 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.78 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.34 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.57 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.612 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.84 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.52 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.08 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 4.06 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 109
- 2.58 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.711 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 1.87 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.27 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.47 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 2.17 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.67 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.65 km S of Anthony, KS · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.96 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.54 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.63 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.64 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.610 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.44 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.24 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.66 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.56 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.8Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.03 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
- 2.14 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.97 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.511 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 20
- 2.88 km SW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.91 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.94 km SE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
- 2.2Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.15 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.83 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.75 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.52 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.08 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.95 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
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