Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 12 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 12 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma on Thu, Jul 16, 2015, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 7 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-07-16 20:32:57 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.547° N, 98.596° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
177°
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 186 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.63 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4088 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.65 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 3.62 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.59 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.44 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.85 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.02 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4086 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.66 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.63 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4086 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.02 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4086 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.84 km WNW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.89 km NNE of Attica, Kansas · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4085 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.08 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.57 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4085 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4085 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.86 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4084 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 3.12 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4084 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.81 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4084 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.93 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4084 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4084 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 2.95 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4084 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4084 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 4.47 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4084 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1,495
  26. 3.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4084 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 44
  27. 2.69 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 3.46 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 3.34 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.96 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 3.23 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  32. 3.58 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 1.6Kansas · 4083 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 3.1Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  35. 3.03 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 3.58 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.83 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.5Kansas · 4083 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 3.28 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 2.97 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4082 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.68 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 2.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 2.73 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  44. 2.58 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 3.24 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.77 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  47. 1.88 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 2.87 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4082 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 2.56 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 2.86 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  51. 2.95 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 2.38 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4081 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4081 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 2.57 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4081 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 2.99 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 1.58 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4080 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 1.72 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4080 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 1.98 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4080 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
  60. 3.15 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4088 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.14 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4088 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.84 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4088 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.67 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4088 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4089 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.86 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.72 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4089 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.64 km SE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.65 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4090 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.53 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4090 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.85 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4090 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.55 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 2.59 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 1.65 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4091 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.74 km WSW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.76 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4091 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.17 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4092 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4092 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.12 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4093 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002y4z. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 11:59 AM UTC.