M3.0 earthquake 1 km NW of Carmen, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 1 km NW of Carmen, Oklahoma on Thu, Jan 8, 2015, 4:03 PM CST (22:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 2 km N of Goltry, 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
- 2015-01-08 22:03:42 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.585° N, 98.471° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 12
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
12 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 2.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 145°
- 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
- 3.22 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4234 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7Oklahoma · 4234 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.14 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4234 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.13 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.96 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 2.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.23 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.03 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.61 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4233 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.36 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.913 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.56 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.66 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.46 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.66 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.14 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.67 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.86 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.15 km W of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 4
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.74 km NNW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.85 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4232 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7Kansas · 4232 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4231 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.53 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.09 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4230 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.54 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 4230 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 2.25 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4230 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4230 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4230 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.83 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4229 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
- 1.85 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4229 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.76 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4229 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4229 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 2.01 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4228 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4228 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.82 km NNW of Anthony, Kansas · 4228 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4228 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.02 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4228 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.48 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4228 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.25 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4228 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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