M2.5 earthquake 13 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 13 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Mon, Dec 15, 2014, 3:43 AM CST (09:43 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 4 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-15 09:43:20 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.869° N, 98.118° 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, 6.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- 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
- 1.66 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 5
- 2.93 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 1.89 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.89 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.47 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km WSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.66 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 2.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
- 2.49 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.96 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.82 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.08 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 70
- 2.68 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.68 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.14 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.28 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
- 2.54 km ENE of Milan, KS · 4256 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.85 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.06 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.07 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 3.01 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.83 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.87 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.33 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.73 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.16 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
- 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.39 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.17 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.73 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.41 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 9
- 2.13 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.33 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.07 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 1.74 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.01 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.91 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.61 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.98 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.5Kansas · 4253 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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