Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma on Tue, May 2, 2017, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-05-03 04:03:07 UTC
Depth
5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.276° N, 97.562° 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, 6.2 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: 149 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.38 km SE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 3.17 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.211 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.25 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  15. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 3.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  18. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.64 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.7Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 15
  22. 2.48 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3422 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 1.54 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3422 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 2.36 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
  28. 2.59 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 2.617 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 2.52 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 13
  33. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  34. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 2.810 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 3.26 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 7
  39. 2.03 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  40. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 9
  41. 2.310 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.56 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.54 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3414 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  45. 2.72 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.57 km NW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 3.16 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  48. 2.96 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  49. 3.36 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 9
  50. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 2.610 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  52. 2.39 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 2.79 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 3.19 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3406 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  56. 1.87 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3406 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 2.52 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.59 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.04 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5

The first 60 of 149.

Before

  1. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.610 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.98 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 15
  4. 2.98 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.22 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.79 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 3.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 15
  12. 2.06 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.51 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 3.0Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
  18. 1.76 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008npi. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC.