M2.5 earthquake 9 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma on Tue, Jan 19, 2016, 9:18 PM CST (03:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 6 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-20 03:18:38 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.605° N, 98.347° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- 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
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 1.54 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.54 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.86 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.010 km NW of South Haven, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.15 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 8
- 1.75 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 19
- 2.615 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
- 2.53 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.14 km SE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.118 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.418 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.118 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.610 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.618 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.922 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.76 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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