M2.5 earthquake 12 km ESE of Billings, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 12 km ESE of Billings, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 8 km WSW of Langston, 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
- 2015-03-31 00:35:25 UTC
- Depth
- 3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.467° N, 97.324° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 45°
- 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
- 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4158 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.48 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 7
- 1.63 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.78 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.18 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 4157 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.512 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 2.71 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 2.43 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 2.46 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.612 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.05 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.01 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.69 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.09 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 2.59 km S of Wellston, OK · 4157 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.28 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6Kansas · 4157 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.18 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 2.612 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.63 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
- 2.57 km SSW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.95 km SSE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.66 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.56 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 3.22 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
- 1.73 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4155 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.88 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.28 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 12
- 2.59 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.52 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.11 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.96 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.35 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4155 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.011 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4154 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4154 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.07 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
- 1.71 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4154 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.76 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.12 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.37 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.79 km SSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.72 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4153 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.69 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.72 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4153 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.58 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.69 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.18 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4152 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
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