M2.8 earthquake 9 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma on Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC), 2 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 7 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
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-17 01:31:06 UTC
- Depth
- 2.5 km (1.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.589° N, 97.369° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- 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
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3978 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.51 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.410 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
- 2.27 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 6
- 1.57 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.17 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.07 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.27 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.111 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.97 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 414
- 2.89 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.77 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 10
- 3.07 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.710 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.35 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 7
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.17 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.08 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.26 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.33 km SSE of Langston, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 3.13 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
- 2.17 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.37 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3975 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.010 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 1.57 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.68 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.58 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.04 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3975 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3975 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3975 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.67 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.76 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.910 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.58 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.88 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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