M2.7 earthquake 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma on Sun, Jan 22, 2017, 4:53 PM CST (22:53 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 4 km SSE of Luther, 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
- 2017-01-22 22:53:16 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.294° N, 97.532° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 25°
- 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
- 2.61 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 3.16 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 8
- 1.78 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 9
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.20 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
- 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.99 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.01 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.53 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
- 2.813 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.710 km NNE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
- 3.01 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
- 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.18 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
- 1.65 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
- 2.57 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3518 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.97 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3518 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3517 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3517 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.27 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
- 1.83 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3516 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.23 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3516 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.63 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3516 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.23 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3516 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3516 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
- 1.66 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3515 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3515 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.93 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.412 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km E of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.14 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.014 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.62 km ESE of South Haven, Kansas · 3513 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 7
- 1.75 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.02 km ESE of South Haven, Kansas · 3512 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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