M2.8 earthquake 2 km NW of Quay, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 2 km NW of Quay, Oklahoma on Mon, Feb 9, 2015, 1:28 AM CST (07:28 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 4 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-02-09 07:28:00 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.179° N, 96.727° 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, 6.0 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- 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
- 2.53 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.24 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
- 3.03 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 3.03 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 2.66 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.43 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 3.110 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.59 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 2.88 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 2.36 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 3.95 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 44
- 2.83 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.96 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.77 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.81 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.77 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.53 km SSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.87 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.16 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.66 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 2.79 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 3.26 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4204 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 2.713 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4204 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4204 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4204 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 2.910 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
- 3.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 34
- 2.85 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km ESE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.04 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
- 3.44 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 6
- 2.510 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.72 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.32 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 3.39 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 13
- 2.94 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.69 km NNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.85 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.76 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 3.46 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 2.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.62 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 24
- 2.82 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.66 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.97 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 12
- 2.76 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.910 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
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