M2.9 earthquake 6 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma on Sun, Feb 8, 2015, 5:47 AM CST (11:47 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 11 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-02-08 11:47:34 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.613° N, 98.401° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.6 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- 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
- 2.8Oklahoma · 4199 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4199 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.65 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4198 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.73 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 4198 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.67 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4198 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.86 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4198 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.35 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4198 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4198 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.211 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4198 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
- 1.88 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4198 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.76 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4198 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4198 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.95 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4198 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.58 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4198 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.56 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 4198 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.76 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4198 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4198 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4197 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.11 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4197 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7Oklahoma · 4197 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4197 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.15 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4197 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.15 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4197 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
- 2.96 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4197 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.39 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 4197 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.71 km W of Anthony, Kansas · 4197 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4197 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.84 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4197 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.77 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.15 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.81 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4196 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.47 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 3.16 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.65 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.94 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.95 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4196 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.55 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.610 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.66 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.67 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.65 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4195 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4195 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.61 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4194 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.65 km SW of Nash, Oklahoma · 4194 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4194 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.95 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4194 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.05 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4194 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.512 km ESE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4194 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
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