Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 10 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 10 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma on Mon, Nov 2, 2015, 9:35 PM CST (03:35 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-11-03 03:35:47 UTC
Depth
6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.770° N, 98.559° 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 2.0 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
113°
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.17 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.08 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 3.26 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 2.17 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3983 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.37 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3983 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.77 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3983 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.57 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.68 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.67 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3982 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 3.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3982 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3982 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.510 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.520 km W of Hardtner, Kansas · 3982 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 1.55 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.910 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.68 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.58 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.88 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.79 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 2.79 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 2.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 2.66 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3981 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 1.612 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3980 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.53 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 1.57 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3980 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 2.912 km WSW of Norwich, Kansas · 3980 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  39. 4.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 235
  40. 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 2.79 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 1.67 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3979 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  46. 2.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 2.48 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.611 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 3.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 67
  53. 3.110 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 3.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  55. 3.08 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.610 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 3.48 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  59. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.35 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 7
  2. 1.68 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.710 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 2.111 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.27 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.07 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.17 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.57 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3985 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.27 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3985 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
  11. 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3985 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.51 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3985 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3985 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3985 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.719 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.64 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3985 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.64 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.94 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003urv. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC.