M2.5 earthquake 11 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 11 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma on Sun, Jan 24, 2016, 8:28 AM CST (14:28 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 5 km WNW of Lucien, 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-24 14:28:57 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.505° N, 97.293° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Tulsa.
From the USGS event page for us10004gt7. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.6 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- 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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.08 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.48 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
- 2.57 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.77 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.58 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.07 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
- 2.82 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.83 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.64 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 3.26 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 8
- 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.66 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.811 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
- 2.68 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.88 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.14 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 33
- 3.59 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 72
- 2.611 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
- 2.69 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.71 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 2.510 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.66 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.8Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.14 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
- 2.59 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.76 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.59 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.67 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3899 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 3.51 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
- 2.510 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.610 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Luther, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.01 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 12
- 2.410 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 2.713 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.58 km S of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3896 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.29 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 2.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
- 3.59 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 3.50 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 17
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km NE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3906 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.82 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3906 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3907 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3907 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.610 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.54 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3907 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3907 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.57 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.85 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.16 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 3.76 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 10
- 3.08 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 10
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