M2.5 earthquake 6 km ENE of Jefferson, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 24, 2017, 6:04 AM CST (12:04 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 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
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-24 12:04:27 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.738° N, 97.721° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- 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: 120 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.76 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3192 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.98 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
- 1.96 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.62 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
- 3.84 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 126
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
- 2.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.92 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3186 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3186 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3186 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
- 2.010 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3186 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3185 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.5Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 10
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3184 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3184 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 8
- 2.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3184 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3183 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 1.74 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3180 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.81 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 5
- 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3180 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
- 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3179 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 27
- 2.41 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
- 2.64 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3179 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.64 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3178 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3178 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.95 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3177 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.50 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3176 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3175 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3175 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
- 2.717 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3175 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.32 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3173 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.82 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3173 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3172 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 2.010 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3172 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3172 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.312 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3172 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 7
- 1.95 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3171 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.18 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3170 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.52 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3169 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.63 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3167 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3165 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3165 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.63 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3165 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
The first 60 of 120.
Before
- 2.44 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3197 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.33 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3197 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 7
- 3.04 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.03 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.02 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3199 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3200 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3201 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.68 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3201 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.58 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3201 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3202 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.24 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3202 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.89 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3202 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.117 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8Kansas · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
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