M3.1 earthquake 3 km SSW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 3 km SSW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 31, 2014, 1:19 AM CST (07:19 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km NNE 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
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-31 07:19:10 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.721° N, 98.171° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person 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 2.2 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- 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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.65 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4285 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 4285 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.13 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4285 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.43 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4285 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.07 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.713 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.111 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 7
- 1.94 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.94 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.14 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.810 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4283 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 2.610 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.56 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4283 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.52 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4283 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.71 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 4283 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4283 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.61 km N of Aline, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.96 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4282 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.48 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.47 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km SSE of Byron, OK · 4282 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4282 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.84 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4282 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.56 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4282 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.613 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.02 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.64 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.44 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 8
- 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4281 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4285 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.42 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4285 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.68 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.82 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4285 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 3.85 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 3.95 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 5
- 2.53 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.83 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.95 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
- 3.15 km WNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 15
- 1.54 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.71 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.19 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.08 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.24 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000taxd. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC.