Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 6 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma on Wed, Jul 23, 2014, 9:03 AM CDT (14:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 8 km W of Quay, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (mwr), micro
Local time
UTC
2014-07-23 14:03:47 UTC
Depth
5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.879° N, 97.305° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
2.9 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 285°, dip 90°, rake 20°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 195°, dip 70°, rake 180°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
60°
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: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.912 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4443 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 2.82 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4441 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 3.28 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 4440 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 13
  4. 2.34 km NW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4438 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 3.3Oklahoma · 4437 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 52
  6. 2.68 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4437 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 3.38 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4437 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 11
  8. 2.43 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4437 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.69 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4437 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
  10. 3.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4437 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 15
  11. 2.15 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4437 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.99 km SE of Warwick, Oklahoma · 4437 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 3.23 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 4437 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.87 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4436 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 3.24 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4436 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.59 km SSE of Warwick, Oklahoma · 4436 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 2.610 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4436 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.76 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4435 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 2.47 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4435 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.27 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4435 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.412 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4435 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  22. 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4434 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
  23. 2.77 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4434 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 7
  24. 2.37 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4434 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 3.212 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4434 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 45
  26. 3.06 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4433 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 5
  27. 3.19 km SE of Warwick, Oklahoma · 4433 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.77 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4433 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 2.63 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4432 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 2.87 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4432 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 4
  31. 3.37 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4432 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 46
  32. 3.27 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4432 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 94
  33. 2.75 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4432 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 2.72 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4432 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.513 km W of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 2.75 km N of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 2.76 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  38. 2.87 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
  39. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 2.75 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 5
  41. 3.05 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  42. 3.01 km NE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4429 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  43. 2.46 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4429 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 3.36 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4428 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 5
  45. 3.37 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4428 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 8
  46. 3.07 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4428 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  47. 3.07 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4428 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.77 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4428 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 2.77 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4427 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 2.56 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4427 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  51. 3.310 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 2.712 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 2.74 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
  54. 2.54 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 2.13 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  56. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 3.09 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4424 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 2.46 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4423 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 2.44 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4423 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5
  60. 3.37 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4423 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 8

The first 60 of 194.

Before

  1. 3.16 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4445 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.54 km N of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4445 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 3.36 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4445 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 15
  4. 2.6Oklahoma · 4445 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 6
  5. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4445 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away

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