M2.5 earthquake 9 km W of Medford, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 9 km W of Medford, Oklahoma on Thu, Apr 9, 2015, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 12 km WSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-04-09 19:15:53 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.801° N, 97.839° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- 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
- 3.412 km WSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.56 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.62 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4145 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4145 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.66 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4145 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.92 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
- 2.69 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 2.910 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.95 km S of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.96 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.67 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.611 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.06 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4144 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.010 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.610 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.87 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.28 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4143 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.03 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4143 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.07 km SE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.84 km SSW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.88 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 3.012 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.812 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.22 km W of Harper, Kansas · 4142 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.14 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4142 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.012 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.812 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.77 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.65 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.63 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.86 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.64 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.24 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
- 2.96 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.33 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 2.24 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.08 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.25 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
- 1.84 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.99 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.57 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.77 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.60 km NNE of Freeport, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.83 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.412 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 15
- 2.412 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.24 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 2.912 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.912 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.53 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
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