Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 10 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 10 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma on Sat, Jan 10, 2015, 11:04 PM CST (05:04 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 1 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-01-11 05:04:12 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.819° N, 98.486° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
130°
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. 2.61 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4234 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.36 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.913 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.73 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.56 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.73 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.66 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.46 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.66 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.14 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.67 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.86 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 3.15 km W of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
  17. 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.74 km NNW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 2.85 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4232 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.7Kansas · 4232 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 2.07 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 1.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 1.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 2.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 3.05 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4232 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.53 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 2.53 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 1.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.09 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 2.54 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  31. 2.25 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4230 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4230 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 2.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4230 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 2.83 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4230 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
  35. 1.85 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4230 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4229 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.01 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4229 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.16 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4229 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  39. 1.82 km NNW of Anthony, Kansas · 4229 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4229 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.02 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4228 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 2.48 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4228 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 2.25 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4228 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 3.45 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4228 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  45. 1.73 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4228 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  46. 2.33 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4228 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 3.33 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4228 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 5
  48. 2.83 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4228 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4227 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4227 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 1.64 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4227 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 1.72 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4227 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4226 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 2.31 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4226 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 2.614 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4226 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  56. 1.63 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4226 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 2.61 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4226 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  58. 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, KS · 4226 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 1.98 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 1.78 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000thwi. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:27 PM UTC.