Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 5 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma on Tue, Apr 28, 2015, 11:40 AM CDT (16:40 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 6 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-04-28 16:40:01 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.575° N, 97.430° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
73°
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: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4171 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.012 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.69 km NNW of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.87 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.66 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 53
  7. 2.17 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.97 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.88 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.66 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 3.29 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 38
  12. 2.58 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.65 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 3.16 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.85 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 17
  16. 2.88 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 3.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.88 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4169 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.710 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 7
  20. 2.710 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 2.62 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.57 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4169 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.17 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4169 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 1.51 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4169 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 2.97 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
  26. 2.55 km E of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4168 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 3.13 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4168 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 2.94 km NE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 4168 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.82 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  30. 1.84 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 2.85 km ESE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 2.74 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4167 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  34. 3.011 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4167 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 2.710 km S of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 2.72 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 2.72 km SSE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 2.412 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 1.74 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  43. 1.96 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 1.83 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 1.97 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 1.96 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 2.07 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 2.82 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.810 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  51. 1.96 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 3.511 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 11
  53. 1.62 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 2.83 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 2.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  56. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 2.012 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.610 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.83 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 3.06 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.64 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.83 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4171 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.54 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4171 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4171 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.77 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  6. 3.02 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.812 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4171 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.88 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 4.17 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 161
  10. 2.78 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.51 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4171 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.95 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4172 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.35 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4172 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.58 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 1.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4172 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.31 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4172 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.86 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.87 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200029yr. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:21 AM UTC.