M2.8 earthquake 6 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma on Fri, Apr 17, 2015, 5:46 AM CDT (10:46 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 4 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas. 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
- 2015-04-17 10:46:54 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.329° N, 97.524° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- 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
- 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4135 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.72 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4134 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.48 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4134 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.3Oklahoma · 4134 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 3.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 12
- 1.85 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4133 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.2Kansas · 4133 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.55 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.84 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1Kansas · 4132 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.211 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4132 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4132 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4132 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.04 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 4132 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4132 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.14 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 4132 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.06 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.74 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.96 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 1.83 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 15
- 3.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
- 2.55 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.33 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
- 2.54 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.73 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.05 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 1.74 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.06 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.05 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 3.03 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
- 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.96 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.66 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.86 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 3.73 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
- 2.89 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.63 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 13
- 2.513 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.03 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.35 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4129 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km WSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4129 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 200.
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