Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 2 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma on Sun, May 8, 2016, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-05-08 19:44:13 UTC
Depth
5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.857° N, 97.220° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
29°
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: 171 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.34 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.84 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 3.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.54 km NNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 3.14 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.5Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  7. 3.112 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.53 km S of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 3.35 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.77 km NNW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.77 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 2.52 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.75 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 1.75 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 3.15 km SSE of Cole, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
  16. 2.85 km S of Cole, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.52 km SSW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 2.73 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.610 km N of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 9
  21. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  22. 3.42 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 22
  23. 1.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.81 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.67 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 3.13 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
  27. 2.64 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 7
  28. 2.52 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 2.81 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  31. 2.83 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 2.6Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  33. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 3.22 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.54 km SE of Cole, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.87 km E of Cashion, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 3.27 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.97 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 3.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  44. 2.17 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  45. 3.03 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  46. 3.13 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.64 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  48. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.67 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 2.85 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 2.69 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.34 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  54. 2.75 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 2.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 2.61 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 2.64 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 2.65 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  59. 3.06 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
  60. 2.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 171.

Before

  1. 2.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.58 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.78 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.78 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.75 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.73 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.65 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.75 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 2.94 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.21 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.74 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 3.14 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.84 km N of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.6Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away

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