Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 6 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Fri, Aug 22, 2014, 6:22 AM CDT (11:22 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 5 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2014-08-22 11:22:40 UTC
Depth
7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.508° N, 99.028° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
194°, 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: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.77 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4414 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 3.15 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4414 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
  3. 2.49 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4414 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.55 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4407 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 3.46 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4406 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 21
  6. 3.46 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4405 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
  7. 3.42 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4404 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.86 km WNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4399 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.63 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4398 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.55 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4394 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 3.57 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4391 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
  12. 3.18 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4390 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 3.17 km ESE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4390 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.65 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4389 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.75 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4388 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.86 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4388 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.75 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4387 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.89 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4383 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.57 km NNE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4382 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.79 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4380 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 2.52 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4375 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 3.612 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4374 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 2.77 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4373 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.78 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4373 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 2.712 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4372 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.710 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.29 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 2.50 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4370 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 2.612 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4370 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 2.712 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4370 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.610 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4370 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.712 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4370 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.912 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4369 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  34. 2.45 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4369 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 2.55 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 4366 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 3.010 km SSE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4363 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 3.111 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4362 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 2.53 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4362 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 2.91 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4362 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.63 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4362 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 2.77 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4362 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
  42. 3.32 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4362 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
  43. 3.55 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4360 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.55 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  45. 2.61 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 2.89 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 2.95 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  48. 2.9Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  49. 3.15 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 3.06 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 3.16 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  53. 3.26 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  54. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 2.84 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  56. 3.06 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  57. 3.04 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 2.63 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 2.212 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 3.02 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of 61.

Before

  1. 2.66 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4414 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.67 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4415 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.75 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4415 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.68 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4418 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 3.43 km S of Jet, Oklahoma · 4418 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 3.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4419 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 22
  7. 2.61 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4419 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.78 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4423 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.62 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.5Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  11. 3.29 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4429 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
  12. 2.64 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 3.39 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.83 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.83 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4432 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 3.17 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4435 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4435 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  18. 3.19 km N of Nash, OK · 4435 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.79 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4439 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 4.39 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4439 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 638

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000s5e3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:51 PM UTC.