M2.6 earthquake 5 km S of Nash, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km S of Nash, Oklahoma on Wed, Jan 4, 2017, 9:37 PM CST (03:37 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 10 km NE of Quinlan, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-05 03:37:20 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.617° N, 98.056° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3555 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3554 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.28 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3553 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
- 1.8Kansas · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.86 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.06 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 8
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 7
- 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.16 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.96 km WNW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3549 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 2.14 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3548 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3547 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 7
- 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3545 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 6
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.07 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3545 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.06 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3544 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.97 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3543 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.83 km N of Freeport, Kansas · 3543 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 2.612 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 2.15 km N of Harper, Kansas · 3542 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.73 km SSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3539 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.14 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3539 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3539 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3538 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 3.016 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3538 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 12
- 1.94 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3538 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3538 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3538 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.87 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.13 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.1Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3556 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.58 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.85 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3557 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.93 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3557 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3558 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.08 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.03 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3559 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.14 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
- 2.57 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.15 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.89 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.83 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.87 km S of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3563 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
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Sources
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