M2.2 earthquake 26 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 26 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma on Sun, Feb 2, 2020, 6:47 AM CST (12:47 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-02 12:47:33 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.974° N, 99.388° W
- Region
- Kansas
- 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 190°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.914 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2422 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9Oklahoma · 2421 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2419 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.67 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.614 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2417 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.114 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2417 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.77 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2416 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2416 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2415 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.68 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2413 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.75 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2413 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2410 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 2410 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2410 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.510 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2410 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2410 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2410 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.55 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2409 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2405 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2401 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2400 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.617 km ESE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 2393 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.921 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.710 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2387 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2386 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.614 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 2383 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2379 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2379 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2378 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.510 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2374 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.77 km E of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2371 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.923 km WSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 1.86 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2424 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.712 km N of Rosston, Oklahoma · 2425 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Aline, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.76 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.311 km NNE of Rosston, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.912 km N of Rosston, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.96 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2432 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.010 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2434 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.211 km NNE of Rosston, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km NNE of Rosston, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.511 km NNE of Rosston, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.313 km NNE of Rosston, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.413 km N of Rosston, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.312 km NNE of Rosston, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.812 km NNE of Rosston, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 2.410 km NNE of Rosston, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2436 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
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