M2.6 earthquake 4 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma on Sun, Feb 19, 2017, 1:06 AM CST (07:06 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 8 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-19 07:06:40 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.278° N, 97.559° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.0 km horizontally, 6.8 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: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.77 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
- 3.49 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 2.72 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 1.712 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3506 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 5
- 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.512 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3503 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.514 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3503 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.83 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 3.39 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
- 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3499 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 23
- 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 1.79 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.29 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.99 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.49 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 3.29 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.83 km E of South Haven, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.310 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 3.210 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.69 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 2.97 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.73 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3492 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 1.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 5
- 2.26 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.53 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 2.916 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.614 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 195.
Before
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
- 1.75 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.812 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 3.312 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 109
- 2.512 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
- 2.76 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3516 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 3.32 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3516 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 2.96 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
- 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3518 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.73 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
- 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 2.71 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.71 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
- 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.02 km ESE of South Haven, Kansas · 3521 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
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