M2.6 earthquake 5 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 6:02 AM CST (12:02 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 9 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-30 12:02:54 UTC
- Depth
- 3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.487° N, 97.753° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 2.79 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 1.73 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4204 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.37 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4204 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.78 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4204 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.712 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4204 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.26 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4204 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
- 2.21 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4204 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4204 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.79 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4204 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.25 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4204 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.74 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4204 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.713 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4204 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4203 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km E of Nash, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.910 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
- 2.73 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4203 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 3.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 34
- 3.27 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 1.911 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4203 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4203 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km ESE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.04 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
- 3.44 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 6
- 2.510 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4203 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.12 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4203 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.72 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.72 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4202 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.06 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4202 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.72 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4202 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.32 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 3.39 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 13
- 2.94 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.69 km NNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.85 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.76 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 3.46 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 2.01 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4201 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.02 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4201 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4201 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.82 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.611 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 2.911 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.73 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4201 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.74 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 4201 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.311 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
- 3.312 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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