M3.1 earthquake 2 km W of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 2 km W of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Mon, Dec 29, 2014, 11:50 AM CST (17:50 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 9 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-29 17:50:55 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.755° N, 98.178° 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 3.0 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- 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
- 2.75 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4242 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4242 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4242 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.64 km WSW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4242 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.07 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4242 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 1.85 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4242 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.84 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4242 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.87 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4241 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.66 km E of Nash, Oklahoma · 4241 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.13 km SW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4241 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 9
- 2.53 km NW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4241 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 1.98 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.16 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4241 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4240 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.13 km SW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4240 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4240 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.18 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4240 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.86 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4240 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.04 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4240 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4240 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.86 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4240 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.73 km NNW of Anthony, Kansas · 4240 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
- 3.53 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4240 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 9
- 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4240 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.613 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4239 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km SW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4239 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4239 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.44 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4239 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
- 1.75 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 4239 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4238 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4238 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Carrier, Oklahoma · 4238 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.83 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4238 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4238 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.68 km ESE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4238 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 3.84 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4238 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 13
- 3.24 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4238 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 3.64 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4238 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
- 3.06 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4238 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
- 3.14 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4238 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4238 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.5Kansas · 4237 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.35 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4237 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 3.34 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4237 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.55 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.17 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.06 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4237 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.92 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 3.64 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 17
- 2.43 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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