M2.6 earthquake 7 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 7 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma on Wed, Nov 11, 2015, 1:32 PM CST (19:32 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 7 km S of Byron, 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
- 2015-11-11 19:32:54 UTC
- Depth
- 3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.659° N, 98.718° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- 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
- 2.37 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3944 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.97 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 71
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
- 2.65 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.78 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 26
- 3.410 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 3.012 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.411 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.513 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 6
- 2.512 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.75 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.09 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km N of Helena, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.39 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3938 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3938 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.35 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3938 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3937 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.02 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3937 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.22 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3937 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3936 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.08 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.06 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3936 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.07 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3936 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.07 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3935 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.53 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.71 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.67 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.12 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 3.38 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.212 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.97 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.89 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 9
- 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3931 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.87 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.36 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
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