M2.7 earthquake 10 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma on Thu, Feb 25, 2016, 9:31 PM CST (03:31 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 6 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-26 03:31:12 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.883° N, 97.798° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- 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
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.114 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.26 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.85 km SW of Cheney, Kansas · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 9
- 1.66 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3837 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.05 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3837 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.54 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.13 km S of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 3.02 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.69 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.15 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.75 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.83 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0Kansas · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.810 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 1.98 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.91 km WSW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
- 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.01 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.5Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.27 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km ENE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.111 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.511 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.95 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.913 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.63 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3829 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.90 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.62 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
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