Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 3 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 3 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma on Thu, Oct 15, 2015, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC), 5 km (3 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
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-10-15 21:40:11 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.298° N, 97.548° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
86°
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 199 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.55 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.512 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.95 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.514 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.811 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.03 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.04 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.46 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  13. 2.97 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.45 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.66 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.16 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.48 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.76 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.36 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 2.27 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 1.96 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 3.37 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 7
  25. 3.17 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  26. 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 1.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 2.06 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3997 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3997 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3997 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.55 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3997 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 1.76 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3997 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3997 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 3.09 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3997 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3997 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3997 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 3.14 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3997 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 11
  39. 3.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3997 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 2.29 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3996 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 2.46 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3996 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 2.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3996 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3996 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 2.87 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 2.84 km SE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  46. 3.22 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 7
  47. 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3996 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 1.98 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3996 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  50. 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 2.52 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.98 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.76 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3995 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 2.85 km NE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 2.63 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  56. 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3995 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 1.78 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 2.58 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 1.78 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3994 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 1.77 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3994 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.57 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 3.13 km NNE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 1.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 3.57 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.07 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.63 km ENE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 3.02 km ENE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
  11. 3.49 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 6
  12. 2.27 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.75 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.68 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.57 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.68 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.07 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.47 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.95 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2

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