Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 4 km E of Covington, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km E of Covington, Oklahoma on Thu, May 4, 2017, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-05-04 21:18:12 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.301° N, 97.537° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
26°
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: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 95 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 3.17 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.211 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3432 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3432 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.25 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3430 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 3.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  12. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.64 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.7Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 15
  16. 2.48 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.54 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 2.36 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 7
  22. 2.59 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 2.617 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 2.52 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 13
  27. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  28. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.810 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  31. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 3.26 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
  33. 2.03 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  34. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 9
  35. 2.310 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.56 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.54 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 2.72 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.57 km NW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 3.16 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  42. 2.96 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  43. 3.36 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 9
  44. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3415 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 2.610 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3415 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 2.39 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3415 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 2.79 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 3.19 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  50. 1.87 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3411 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 2.52 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.59 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.04 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 5
  55. 2.95 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 53
  56. 3.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3407 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 5
  57. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3407 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 3.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3407 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 15

The first 60 of 144.

Before

  1. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 2.38 km SE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.610 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 2.98 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 15
  10. 2.98 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.22 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3437 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.79 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.34 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 3.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 15
  19. 2.06 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3439 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away

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