M2.6 earthquake 5 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma on Fri, May 22, 2015, 5:20 AM CDT (10:20 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 4 km SW of Stillwater, 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
- 2015-05-22 10:20:50 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.575° N, 97.425° 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, 7.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- 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
- 2.5Kansas · 4101 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.94 km W of Anthony, Kansas · 4101 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.54 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4101 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 160
- 3.32 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4101 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
- 2.02 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4101 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.112 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.214 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.56 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.12 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.72 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.52 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4099 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 9
- 2.77 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4099 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.06 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4099 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.96 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.86 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.86 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.47 km SW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 27
- 2.83 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
- 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.610 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.512 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.56 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.78 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.86 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.65 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 3.15 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.62 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 2.05 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4097 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4097 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4097 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4097 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.55 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 4097 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.96 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4097 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.86 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4097 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.39 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4096 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 10
- 1.77 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.56 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.06 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.86 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.55 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.19 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 14
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