Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 6 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma on Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 7:42 PM CST (01:42 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 8 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-01-14 01:42:36 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.332° N, 97.516° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.5 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
79°
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 199 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.57 km NE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.34 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
  3. 2.99 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.77 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.77 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.58 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.03 km N of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  8. 1.74 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 3.04 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.37 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.67 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 3.36 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.74 km ESE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 3.17 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.57 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.51 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.87 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.57 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.76 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.93 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
  22. 2.74 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.97 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 3.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
  26. 2.54 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  27. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.77 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.75 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.92 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.77 km N of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.8Kansas · 4272 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 3.17 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
  35. 3.06 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.78 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 2.56 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4271 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  39. 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4271 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  40. 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4271 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 2.74 km S of Fallis, Oklahoma · 4271 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  42. 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4271 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  43. 3.27 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4271 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  44. 3.47 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4271 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  45. 1.97 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.68 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 3.15 km S of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  48. 3.25 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 3.19 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 2.94 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 1.711 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 1.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4269 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 3.03 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.83 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  56. 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4269 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 3.111 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4269 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  58. 3.82 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
  59. 1.52 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  60. 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.16 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  2. 3.07 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.612 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.66 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.98 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.56 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.54 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.89 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.60 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.69 km S of Covington, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 2.62 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.83 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.86 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.19 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 3.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.57 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.69 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 3.13 km N of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3

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