M2.6 earthquake 2 km SW of Medford, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km SW of Medford, Oklahoma on Sat, Oct 25, 2014, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC), 4 km (2 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
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-10-25 18:34:20 UTC
- Depth
- 3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.793° N, 97.750° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- 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
- 1.510 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4361 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.67 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4360 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6
- 1.64 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4360 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.14 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4360 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.77 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4359 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.610 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4359 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4359 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.14 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4358 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4358 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.88 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4358 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 3
- 1.88 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 4358 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4358 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.59 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4358 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.52 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4357 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4357 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.15 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 5
- 1.79 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4357 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.11 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4357 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.91 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4357 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4357 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4357 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 4357 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.31 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4357 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.11 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4357 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.75 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4356 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.57 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.68 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.78 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4356 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.72 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4356 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 6
- 2.99 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.611 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.310 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 3.210 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 3.14 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.810 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4355 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.610 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.63 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4355 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.50 km W of Anthony, Kansas · 4355 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Mulhall, OK · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.010 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
- 2.98 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4354 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.61 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4354 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.86 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.512 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4354 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.5Kansas · 4353 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 3.14 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.610 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.63 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.56 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.510 km SSE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.53 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.511 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.54 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4361 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4361 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.513 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4361 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 1.76 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4361 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.612 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4361 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4361 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.77 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4361 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 1.84 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4361 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.510 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4361 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.63 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4361 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.47 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4362 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.86 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4362 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.74 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4362 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.75 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4362 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 2.64 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4362 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.55 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4363 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.68 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 4363 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4363 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.64 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4363 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.74 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4363 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
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