M2.7 earthquake 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma on Sun, Feb 19, 2017, 1:13 AM CST (07:13 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 9 km ESE of Medford, 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
- 2017-02-19 07:13:45 UTC
- Depth
- 6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.276° N, 97.563° 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 II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.1 km horizontally, 7.3 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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.77 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
- 3.49 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 2.72 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.517 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 1.712 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 5
- 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.512 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.514 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.83 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 3.39 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
- 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3490 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 23
- 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 1.79 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.29 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.99 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.49 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 3.29 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.83 km E of South Haven, Kansas · 3486 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.310 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 3.210 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.69 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 2.97 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.73 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 1.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 5
- 2.26 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.53 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 2.916 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.614 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 195.
Before
- 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
- 1.75 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.812 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008krz. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 1:59 AM UTC.