Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 7 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 7 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma on Tue, Aug 5, 2014, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 12 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2014-08-05 18:30:00 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.022° N, 97.091° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 114 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4439 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.75 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4438 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
  3. 3.05 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4438 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.01 km NE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4437 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.46 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4437 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 3.36 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4436 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
  7. 3.37 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4436 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 8
  8. 3.07 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4436 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 3.07 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4436 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.77 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4436 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.77 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4435 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.56 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4435 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 3.310 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4434 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.712 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4434 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 2.74 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4434 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.54 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4434 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.13 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4434 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4433 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 3.09 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4432 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.46 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4432 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 2.44 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
  22. 3.37 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 8
  23. 2.03 km ENE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 3.27 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.85 km NW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 2.57 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.712 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 2.512 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 2.910 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 6
  31. 2.212 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4428 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.37 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4428 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 5
  33. 2.92 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4427 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
  34. 3.54 km NW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 4427 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 9
  35. 2.610 km SE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4427 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 2.511 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 2.64 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 2.51 km NE of Quay, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 2.56 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  40. 2.710 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 4.412 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 482
  42. 2.912 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 2.512 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  44. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.77 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  46. 2.712 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  47. 3.14 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  48. 2.74 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 3.35 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 10
  50. 2.75 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4424 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 3.04 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4424 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 2.55 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4424 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 2.44 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4424 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 2.88 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4424 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
  55. 2.63 km N of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4424 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 2.77 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4424 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 2.812 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4424 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 2.42 km SW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4423 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 2.63 km SE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4423 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 2.63 km SE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4423 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.76 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4439 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.75 km N of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4439 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.513 km W of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4439 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.72 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4440 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.75 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4440 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 3.27 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4440 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 94
  7. 3.37 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4440 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 46
  8. 2.87 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4440 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.63 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4440 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.77 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4441 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 3.19 km SE of Warwick, Oklahoma · 4441 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  12. 3.06 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4441 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
  13. 3.212 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4442 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 45
  14. 2.37 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4442 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.77 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4442 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 7
  16. 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4443 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.412 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4443 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.27 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4443 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.47 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4443 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.76 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4443 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away

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