M2.6 earthquake 6 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma on Mon, Nov 14, 2016, 7:53 AM CST (13:53 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 4 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-14 13:53:07 UTC
- Depth
- 8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.292° N, 97.522° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 25°
- 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: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 167 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.36 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 7
- 2.96 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.66 km N of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
- 3.05 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 24
- 2.73 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km SE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3601 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.611 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.56 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.54 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.79 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
- 2.45 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.61 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3597 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.53 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.23 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 2.62 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 3.52 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 53
- 2.75 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.09 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.82 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3593 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 6
- 3.55 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3593 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 26
- 3.62 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3592 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 17
- 2.62 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3592 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
- 2.78 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 4.04 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 260
- 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
- 2.512 km WSW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.64 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.67 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3590 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.51 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3590 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
- 2.59 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3589 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.68 km WSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3589 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 21
- 2.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 2.41 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.82 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.09 km ENE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3584 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3584 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.45 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3584 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.69 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3584 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.95 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3584 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 11
- 1.99 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3583 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 135
- 2.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
- 3.24 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 19
- 2.57 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3581 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 9
- 3.32 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3581 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 8
The first 60 of 166.
Before
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
- 1.65 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.610 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
- 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3603 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.67 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3603 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.58 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.63 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3604 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.37 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3604 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.59 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 3.33 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7
- 2.63 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 7
- 2.411 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.611 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.51 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 10
- 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3605 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.63 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100077p2. Read Fri, Sep 25, 2026, 10:38 PM UTC.