M3.1 earthquake 4 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 4 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma on Sat, Nov 1, 2014, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 4 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-11-02 00:58:36 UTC
- Depth
- 3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.843° N, 97.754° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- 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
- 1.76 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4302 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.913 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4302 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4302 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.77 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4301 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.74 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.67 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.05 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 2.813 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.913 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 26
- 1.58 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 3.05 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.612 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.97 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.14 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4300 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.75 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.25 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 2.86 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4300 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.712 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.23 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.74 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 2.6Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 1.86 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4299 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.89 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.64 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.14 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4298 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.412 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.113 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.68 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.99 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 12
- 3.410 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 11
- 1.56 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.63 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.76 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.72 km ENE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.36 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 2.41 km NW of Anthony, Kansas · 4295 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.11 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4295 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.95 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.99 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 13
- 1.96 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 4295 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.98 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.712 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
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