M3.0 earthquake 14 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 14 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma on Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 12:43 AM CDT (05:43 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-29 05:43:35 UTC
- Depth
- 1.1 km (0.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.426° N, 97.340° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.9 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- 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
- 2.55 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.68 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2,647
- 2.79 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.88 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 38
- 3.24 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 35
- 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
- 1.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.47 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.310 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 10
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.912 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.58 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.75 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3946 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.48 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 7
- 2.67 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.01 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6
- 3.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 10
- 3.28 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 10
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
- 3.18 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
- 2.87 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 3.25 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.95 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.77 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.85 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 22
- 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.97 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3943 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3943 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.37 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3943 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.47 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 5
- 2.97 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.98 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
- 2.79 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.85 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.618 km W of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 3.19 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 3.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94 km SSW of Argonia, Kansas · 3942 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.78 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3942 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200040dn. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:27 AM UTC.