M3.0 earthquake 8 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 8 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma on Sat, Nov 7, 2015, 1:27 PM CST (19:27 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-07 19:27:33 UTC
- Depth
- 3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.655° N, 98.717° 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 III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.2 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- 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
- 2.62 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.67 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3950 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.06 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2,647
- 2.79 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.510 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.88 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.510 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.47 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.310 km S of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 8
- 3.310 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 10
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.714 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 8
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.13 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.912 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.58 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.13 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.65 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.75 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.117 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 1.77 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3947 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.74 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.48 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 7
- 2.67 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3947 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3946 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 10
- 3.28 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 10
- 3.18 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
- 2.87 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 3.25 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.95 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003vl0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC.