Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 2 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 2 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma on Tue, Oct 18, 2016, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 1 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-10-19 03:54:59 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.822° N, 97.544° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
65°
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

  1. 1.76 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 3.41 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
  3. 2.93 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 3.89 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3623 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.20 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 2.17 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.810 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 3.32 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.65 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 3.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3620 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.59 km ESE of Bluff City, KS · 3619 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 1.79 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 2.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  23. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 2.15 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 1.7Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 1.97 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  27. 3.56 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.116 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 1.56 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  30. 2.04 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3617 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.9Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.29 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  35. 3.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 2.414 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 2.43 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.310 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 3.16 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 3.27 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.57 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 1.64 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 3.43 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 41
  50. 1.88 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 1.8Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 2.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  53. 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 3.37 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
  55. 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 3.44 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 11
  58. 1.84 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  60. 2.42 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2

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