M2.6 earthquake 3 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma on Wed, Feb 4, 2015, 12:49 PM CST (18:49 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 11 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-02-04 18:49:47 UTC
- Depth
- 4.3 km (2.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.606° N, 98.437° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- 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
- 3.611 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 2.911 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.73 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4202 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.74 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 3.311 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
- 3.312 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4201 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4201 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.66 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 3.011 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.91 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4201 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.66 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.97 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 12
- 2.76 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4201 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4201 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.97 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4201 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 3.08 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.37 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.77 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.33 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.58 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.17 km ENE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.85 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.78 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 18
- 3.26 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 1.99 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.19 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.29 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.33 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.88 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.15 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.85 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.011 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 24
- 3.56 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 2.613 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.99 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Caldwell, KS · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.00 km NNE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 3.21 km NNE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
- 3.211 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
- 3.45 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 2.510 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.35 km NNW of Anthony, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 1.79 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.95 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.33 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km S of Billings, Oklahoma · 4199 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.512 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4199 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.56 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4199 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.1Kansas · 4199 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.92 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4199 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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