M2.5 earthquake 6 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma on Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 7:59 AM CDT (12:59 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 7 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-28 12:59:37 UTC
- Depth
- 3.4 km (2.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.756° N, 98.756° 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, 7.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- 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
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.77 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.715 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.85 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.21 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 2.611 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 3.25 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 4.47 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 411
- 2.67 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.87 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 13
- 3.39 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
- 3.19 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.79 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.09 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.56 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3956 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 4.17 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 20
- 2.06 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3956 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.812 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
- 1.66 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3955 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.23 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3955 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3955 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.64 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 3.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.112 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 2.63 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.03 km W of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.211 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km ESE of Freeport, KS · 3954 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.86 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3952 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.83 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.73 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.62 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.67 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3952 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3952 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3951 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.06 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2,647
- 2.79 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200040aj. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC.