M3.2 earthquake 7 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 7 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma on Sat, Mar 21, 2015, 5:58 AM CDT (10:58 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-21 10:58:45 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.606° N, 98.381° 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 III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.7 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- 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
- 1.97 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.66 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 4164 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.58 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4164 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4164 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.85 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4164 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 17
- 3.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4164 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4164 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.710 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4163 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.62 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4163 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4163 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.17 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4163 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.51 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4163 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.55 km E of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4163 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4162 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 9
- 2.58 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4162 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.98 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4162 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.82 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4162 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 1.84 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4162 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4161 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.85 km ESE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4161 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.74 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4161 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4161 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.710 km S of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4161 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4161 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4161 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.72 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4161 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.72 km SSE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4161 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.412 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4160 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.74 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4160 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.83 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4160 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.97 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4160 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4160 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.86 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4160 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4160 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.07 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4160 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.82 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4160 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.96 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.511 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 11
- 3.08 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4159 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.83 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4159 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.83 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.63 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.86 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 18
- 2.7Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4159 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.59 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.83 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.07 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4158 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4158 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4158 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.510 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4158 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4158 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
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