M2.6 earthquake 9 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 9 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 19, 2014, 5:13 AM CST (11:13 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 2 km W of Freeport, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-19 11:13:09 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.762° N, 98.050° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- 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
- 2.42 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.01 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.73 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 34
- 2.26 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.63 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.74 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.19 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 6
- 1.53 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.86 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.99 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 3.52 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 82
- 2.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
- 1.68 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.58 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 13
- 3.86 km SSE of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 13
- 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.7Kansas · 4249 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.47 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
- 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 5
- 2.17 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.76 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.87 km WSW of Bluff City, KS · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.17 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.06 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.33 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.44 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 13
- 2.23 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.17 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 3.28 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.22 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 7
- 2.95 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.83 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.44 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 9
- 2.54 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.92 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 10
- 1.84 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4247 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.76 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.28 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 289
- 2.79 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
The first 60 of 200.
Earthquakes todayOklahoma earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000t8ae. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:49 PM UTC.