Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 5 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Tue, Oct 21, 2014, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2014-10-21 16:18:32 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.506° N, 99.030° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.8 km horizontally, 3.4 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: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.66 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.9Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 3.56 km NNW of Quinlan, OK · 4354 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.86 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.56 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 3.25 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.6Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.64 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.64 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.55 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.55 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4352 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.57 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 4352 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.15 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4351 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.55 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 3.75 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.55 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.85 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4348 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 2.6Oklahoma · 4347 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.54 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  21. 2.64 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  22. 3.45 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  23. 2.64 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 2.98 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 2.63 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4344 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 2.77 km WNW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4343 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 2.57 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4342 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 2.82 km NNE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4341 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 2.87 km ESE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4341 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.56 km E of Amorita, Oklahoma · 4339 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 2.54 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4339 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.54 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4339 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 2.85 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4338 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 2.68 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4338 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 3.05 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4337 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.710 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4336 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 2.54 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4336 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 2.57 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4332 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 2.56 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4331 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 3.66 km SE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4331 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 18
  41. 2.61 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 4330 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 2.64 km SE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4328 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 2.66 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4328 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  44. 3.65 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4327 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
  45. 3.14 km NNE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4327 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.85 km SE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4327 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 2.55 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4325 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.79 km ESE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4325 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.05 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4324 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 3.74 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4321 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 39
  51. 2.75 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 2.69 km S of Alva, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 3.07 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.85 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 3.35 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 5
  56. 2.94 km SE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.86 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.65 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 2.96 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  60. 2.74 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of 98.

Before

  1. 2.55 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.67 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 3.02 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.212 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.63 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 3.04 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 3.06 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.84 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 3.26 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 3.16 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.06 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4360 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 3.15 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4360 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.9Oklahoma · 4360 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.95 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4360 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.89 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4360 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.61 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4360 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.55 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4360 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 3.55 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4362 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sphy. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC.