M2.8 earthquake 5 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma on Sat, Apr 4, 2015, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 8 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-04-04 08:50:03 UTC
- Depth
- 6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.327° N, 97.529° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- 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 NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.72 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4152 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.58 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.69 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.18 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4152 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4152 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.67 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.71 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4151 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.81 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4151 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.54 km SSE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4151 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 2.65 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4151 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.28 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4151 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4151 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4150 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.73 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
- 2.58 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 3.35 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4149 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
- 2.16 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.91 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4149 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4149 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.21 km E of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
- 2.10 km SW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 2.20 km W of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.012 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4149 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.78 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4149 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.11 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
- 2.54 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8Kansas · 4148 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4148 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.83 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.85 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4148 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.58 km SW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.39 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
- 3.010 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.72 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4146 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.22 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 3.42 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
- 2.93 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.57 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.52 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.16 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.69 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 18
- 2.87 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.87 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.58 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 56
- 2.56 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.56 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.62 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4145 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.02 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4145 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.66 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4145 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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