Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 7 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 7 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Thu, Aug 21, 2014, 10:55 AM CDT (15:55 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 12 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-08-21 15:55:49 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.513° N, 99.017° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
193°, 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: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.66 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4424 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.86 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4424 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.77 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4424 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 3.15 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4423 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.49 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4423 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.72 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4423 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.83 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4422 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.55 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4417 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 3.46 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4415 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 21
  10. 3.46 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4414 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  11. 3.42 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4413 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.86 km WNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4408 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.63 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4407 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.55 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4403 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 3.57 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4401 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
  16. 3.18 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4400 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 3.17 km ESE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4400 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.65 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4398 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 2.75 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4397 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.86 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4397 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.75 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.89 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4392 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  23. 2.57 km NNE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4392 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 2.79 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4389 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.52 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4384 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 3.612 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4383 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.77 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4382 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.78 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4382 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 2.712 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4382 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 2.710 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4380 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  31. 3.29 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4380 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 2.50 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4380 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 2.612 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4379 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 2.712 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4379 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.610 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4379 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 2.712 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4379 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.912 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4378 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  38. 2.45 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4378 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 2.55 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 4375 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 3.010 km SSE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4372 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 3.111 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4372 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 2.53 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4372 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 2.91 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4372 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.63 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 2.77 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
  46. 3.32 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
  47. 3.55 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4370 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  48. 2.55 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4369 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  49. 2.61 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 2.89 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 2.95 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 2.9Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  53. 3.15 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 3.06 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  56. 3.16 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  57. 3.26 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4367 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4367 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 2.84 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4367 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  60. 3.06 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4367 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of 64.

Before

  1. 2.75 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.68 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4427 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 3.43 km S of Jet, Oklahoma · 4427 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 3.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4428 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 22
  5. 2.61 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4428 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.78 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4432 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.62 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4435 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.5Oklahoma · 4435 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.29 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4438 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.64 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4440 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 3.39 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4440 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
  12. 2.83 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 4441 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.83 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4441 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 3.17 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4444 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4444 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  16. 3.19 km N of Nash, OK · 4445 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.79 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4448 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 4.39 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4448 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 638
  19. 3.34 km W of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4448 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 11
  20. 3.04 km W of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4448 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away

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