M2.7 earthquake 7 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 7 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 4:17 PM CST (22:17 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 10 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-16 22:17:25 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.999° N, 97.301° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- 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
- 3.210 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
- 3.02 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 3.10 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
- 2.68 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
- 3.38 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 40
- 3.30 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 2.70 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 9
- 2.76 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 8
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.112 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 21
- 3.312 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 28
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.913 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 22
- 3.312 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 3.413 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
- 3.513 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 27
- 2.913 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.413 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 7
- 2.37 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 8
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 6
- 2.66 km SE of Tryon, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.95 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 15
- 3.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 33
- 3.25 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 7
- 2.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
- 3.26 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 34
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
- 3.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 72
- 3.06 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.61 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 7
- 3.56 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 6
- 3.07 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.33 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 65
- 2.65 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 16
- 2.56 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.56 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
- 2.99 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.98 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.17 km SW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
- 2.59 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.96 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 10
- 2.68 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 36
- 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5
- 2.57 km E of Nash, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 36
The first 60 of 200.
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