M2.8 earthquake 11 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 11 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma on Wed, Jan 27, 2016, 1:56 AM CST (07:56 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 6 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-27 07:56:51 UTC
- Depth
- 7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.508° N, 97.287° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- 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
- 2.85 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.76 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 253
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 10
- 2.65 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
- 2.95 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 32
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 12
- 2.47 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
- 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 9
- 2.64 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.911 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 1.94 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3863 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.45 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 28
- 1.74 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.710 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.711 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.13 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3862 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 3.012 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 10
- 2.412 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.94 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 95
- 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.64 km WSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.710 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.613 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3861 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 41
- 2.53 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 3.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 8
- 3.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 17
- 1.81 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3860 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.46 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.68 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3860 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3859 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.01 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3859 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 48
- 2.68 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
- 2.94 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.54 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.54 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.86 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.010 km NW of South Haven, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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