M2.5 earthquake 4 km SSE of Morrison, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km SSE of Morrison, Oklahoma on Tue, May 12, 2015, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 11 km SE of Cashion, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-12 19:11:20 UTC
- Depth
- 3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.266° N, 96.984° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.6 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- 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
- 2.911 km SE of Cashion, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 3.58 km NNE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 3.76 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 7
- 3.46 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
- 2.96 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.05 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.33 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
- 2.94 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 9
- 2.76 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.36 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
- 3.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.06 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 37
- 1.93 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4119 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
- 2.94 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.80 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.40 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 2.511 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.95 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.26 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 2.84 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.111 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
- 4.36 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 294
- 3.14 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4115 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.59 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4115 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.912 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.06 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
- 3.012 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 3.512 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 28
- 3.04 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
- 3.14 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 3.09 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.69 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.64 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.6Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 174
- 3.510 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
- 2.710 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.09 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 465
- 3.410 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 7
- 3.14 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 5
- 3.09 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.311 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 23
- 3.49 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 69
- 3.37 km SW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 3
- 3.04 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4112 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.19 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4112 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
- 2.79 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4112 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
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