Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 4 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma on Sun, Apr 9, 2017, 3:12 AM CDT (08:12 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-04-09 08:12:58 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.730° N, 98.757° 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, 2.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
122°
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: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3459 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.810 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3459 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3459 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 6
  4. 2.51 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 2.03 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3458 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.915 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.83 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3456 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3456 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 9
  9. 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3456 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3455 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.52 km SW of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3452 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3451 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3451 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  17. 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3448 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3448 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.64 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3447 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.33 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3447 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.59 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 3.0Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  23. 3.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 7
  24. 1.72 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3445 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.65 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 3.38 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
  27. 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3444 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 2.010 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3444 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  29. 3.04 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  30. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  32. 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  33. 2.28 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3442 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 1.76 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3441 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3441 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3441 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 2.06 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 3.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 15
  41. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 2.34 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3439 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.22 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  47. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 2.53 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  50. 3.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 14
  51. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 2.54 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  55. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3431 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  56. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3431 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 3.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3431 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  58. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3431 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  59. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 136.

Before

  1. 1.92 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.42 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3461 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.715 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3462 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3462 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 3.29 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3462 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3462 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.09 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3463 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.615 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 3.35 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.56 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.72 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 2.69 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3465 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.28 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away

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