Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 3 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 3 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma on Tue, Oct 6, 2015, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 4 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-10-07 04:36:10 UTC
Depth
1.3 km (0.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.319° N, 97.550° 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 II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.7 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
61°
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: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.89 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4005 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.58 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 4005 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.07 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.56 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.911 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.51 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 3.010 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 2.81 km ENE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4005 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 3.0Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.510 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.66 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4004 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.89 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.07 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.91 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.56 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 3.15 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  19. 3.48 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.22 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4002 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  21. 3.110 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  22. 4.412 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1,094
  23. 3.512 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 12
  24. 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4002 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 4.33 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 437
  26. 3.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
  27. 3.01 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
  28. 2.81 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 7
  29. 2.83 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  31. 3.34 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 13
  32. 2.59 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 2.63 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
  34. 2.910 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  35. 3.36 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  36. 3.52 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 12
  37. 2.08 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 1.78 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 2.28 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 3.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 1.76 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 2.95 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.18 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.93 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.68 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 1.69 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 1.96 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 2.511 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.53 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  53. 1.68 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
  55. 2.75 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  56. 1.78 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 2.93 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  59. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  60. 3.24 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.85 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.92 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.92 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.27 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.06 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.81 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 11
  7. 2.84 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.26 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4006 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 3.45 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 8
  10. 2.78 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.28 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 3.84 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 3.42 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  15. 2.65 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 3.03 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.73 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.56 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.54 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.84 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 10

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003kvf. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC.