M2.9 earthquake Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Tue, Oct 21, 2014, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 3 km E of Milan, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-10-21 19:48:48 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.767° N, 98.058° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- 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
- 2.610 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.44 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.24 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.66 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.56 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.8Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.03 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
- 2.14 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.97 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.511 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 20
- 2.88 km SW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.91 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.94 km SE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
- 2.2Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.86 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.15 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.83 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.75 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.96 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.52 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.08 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.95 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.75 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
- 2.87 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.84 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.95 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.22 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.53 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.010 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 3.15 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
- 2.45 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.02 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.62 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.65 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.57 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
- 2.77 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.79 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.74 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.55 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.3Kansas · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.87 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.77 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4309 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.88 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4309 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
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