Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 5 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 5 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma on Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 9:57 PM CST (03:57 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 4 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-02-25 03:57:43 UTC
Depth
7.5 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.228° N, 98.440° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
98°
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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.012 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 10
  2. 2.412 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.94 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.86 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.910 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.318 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.710 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.118 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 3.410 km E of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.818 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.311 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 2.53 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  22. 3.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 8
  23. 3.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 17
  24. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 2.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 2.46 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  33. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  35. 2.814 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  37. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 1.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 3.01 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  43. 2.018 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 2.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 2.68 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.09 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.94 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  51. 3.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 3.39 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 2.118 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  55. 1.54 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 2.54 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 2.86 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.012 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.85 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.315 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.911 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.815 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.65 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.85 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.018 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 1.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3870 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 10
  16. 2.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3870 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3870 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3870 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 3.13 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3870 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 8
  20. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3870 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1

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