M2.5 earthquake 5 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma on Fri, Oct 16, 2015, 1:18 AM CDT (06:18 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 5 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-16 06:18:31 UTC
- Depth
- 10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.328° N, 97.531° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- 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
- 1.52 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
- 2.68 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.07 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.81 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.77 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.715 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.85 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.15 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 10
- 2.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.44 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.21 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.1Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 2.212 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3956 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 3.25 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 1.89 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3956 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.47 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 411
- 2.67 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.87 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 13
- 3.39 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
- 3.19 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.79 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.09 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.10 km E of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3955 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.57 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.17 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 20
- 2.06 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3955 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.66 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.23 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3954 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3954 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.64 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.70 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.112 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 3.13 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
- 3.03 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 2.63 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.03 km W of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.211 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km ESE of Freeport, KS · 3953 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.90 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3953 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.94 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 200.
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