Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Wed, Oct 29, 2014, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 5 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2014-10-29 19:16:12 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.323° N, 99.141° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
297°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.54 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.64 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 3.45 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.64 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.98 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4344 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.63 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4343 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.77 km WNW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4342 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.57 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4341 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.82 km NNE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4341 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.54 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4338 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.54 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4338 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.85 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4338 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.68 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4337 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.57 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4331 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.64 km SE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4327 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.66 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4327 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.65 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4327 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
  18. 3.14 km NNE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4326 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.55 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4325 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.79 km ESE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4324 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  21. 3.74 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 39
  22. 2.69 km S of Alva, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 2.85 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 3.35 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 5
  25. 2.86 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.65 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  27. 2.96 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 2.74 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 2.95 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 3.75 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
  32. 2.95 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 2.65 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 2.77 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 2.55 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.88 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4309 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.67 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4309 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 2.77 km NE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.63 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 2.76 km NNE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 2.97 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 2.7Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 2.74 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  45. 3.04 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 3.66 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 6
  47. 2.95 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.89 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 2.85 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4348 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 3.55 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 3.75 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.55 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 3.15 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.57 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 4351 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.55 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4351 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.55 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4352 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.64 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.64 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.6Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.25 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.56 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.86 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 3.56 km NNW of Quinlan, OK · 4354 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.66 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 2.75 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.67 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 3.02 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.63 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000srsa. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:47 AM UTC.