M2.6 earthquake 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Fri, Feb 24, 2017, 6:54 AM CST (12:54 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 3 km WNW 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-24 12:54:23 UTC
- Depth
- 7.5 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.757° N, 98.063° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.83 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.76 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.115 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.810 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3492 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.39 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 2.25 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3492 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
- 3.311 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.55 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3490 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
- 1.79 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3489 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.29 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3489 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.99 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.49 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3489 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
- 3.29 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.83 km E of South Haven, Kansas · 3487 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.310 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 3.210 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.69 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.613 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 3.810 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 2.78 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.47 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3485 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.815 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3484 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3484 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
- 2.56 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.17 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.63 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.56 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
- 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.85 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.25 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.812 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.45 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.83 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.07 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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