Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 4 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma on Thu, Jan 15, 2015, 1:22 PM CST (19:22 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
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-01-15 19:22:40 UTC
Depth
7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.321° N, 97.539° 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
59°
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 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.77 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.75 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.92 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.77 km N of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.8Kansas · 4272 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 3.17 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
  9. 3.06 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.78 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.56 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 2.74 km S of Fallis, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.27 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  18. 3.47 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4271 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  19. 1.97 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4271 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.68 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4271 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 3.15 km S of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4271 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  22. 3.25 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4271 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  23. 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 3.19 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.94 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 1.711 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 1.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 3.03 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.83 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 3.111 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  32. 3.82 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
  33. 1.52 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  34. 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.41 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.511 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 2.911 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4269 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.86 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 50
  40. 2.96 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 2.57 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4269 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 2.53 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 3.45 km S of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 11
  46. 2.86 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  47. 2.610 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 3.05 km S of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 3.15 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  50. 2.74 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.63 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 1.53 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4268 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4268 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 3.53 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 16
  56. 2.410 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4268 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 2.53 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  58. 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 2.03 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 1.510 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  2. 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.97 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.74 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.93 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.76 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.57 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.87 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.51 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.57 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 3.17 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.74 km ESE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 3.36 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.67 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.37 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.04 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.74 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4274 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 3.03 km N of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.58 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tg88. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:07 PM UTC.