Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 4 km SE of Cole, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km SE of Cole, Oklahoma on Thu, May 19, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 7 km E of Cashion, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-05-20 00:15:45 UTC
Depth
3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.072° N, 97.546° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
111°
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: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.87 km E of Cashion, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.17 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.34 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.61 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.32 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3767 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
  11. 2.62 km ENE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3766 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 3.33 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3766 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.46 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 11
  15. 2.94 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.31 km N of Jones, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 29
  17. 2.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 3.24 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 18
  19. 2.42 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.65 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3755 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 3.12 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
  23. 3.02 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3753 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 2.71 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 3.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3749 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 14
  26. 3.24 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3747 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 3.66 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3747 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
  28. 2.72 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 2.46 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  30. 2.94 km NNE of Jones, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 2.54 km NNE of Jones, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 2.57 km WSW of Meeker, Oklahoma · 3741 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 3.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 8
  34. 1.94 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 3.010 km N of Alex, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.88 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.72 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 2.71 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 2.61 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 2.93 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  42. 3.01 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 2.99 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.61 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  45. 3.01 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.71 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.52 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 2.66 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 2.82 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.83 km SW of Cole, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 2.83 km SW of Cole, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 7
  53. 2.53 km NE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 4
  54. 2.13 km SW of Cole, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.54 km NE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 7
  56. 2.56 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.84 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 2.53 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 3.43 km NE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 8
  60. 2.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 3.22 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.81 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.64 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
  6. 3.13 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.81 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.42 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 22
  9. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.52 km SSW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.85 km S of Cole, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.15 km SSE of Cole, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 7
  13. 2.75 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.77 km NNW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.52 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.75 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.74 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 3.14 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1

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