Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 11 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 11 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma on Sun, Oct 4, 2015, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 2 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-10-05 04:29:48 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.194° N, 98.793° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.5 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
164°
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: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.42 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
  2. 3.84 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.89 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.89 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.56 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.412 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1,094
  8. 3.512 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 12
  9. 3.36 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.95 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  12. 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 2.512 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.811 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.97 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.624 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.55 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3992 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 3.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3992 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.87 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3991 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.85 km NE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3990 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 2.63 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3990 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 2.58 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3989 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.53 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3988 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 3.010 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 2.81 km NNE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 2.69 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 3.41 km NNE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 13
  32. 2.711 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.68 km SSE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 2.520 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  35. 3.37 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  36. 2.511 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.56 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 2.79 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 3.13 km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 7
  40. 2.75 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 3.35 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
  42. 2.63 km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 2.77 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 2.82 km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 2.719 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 2.51 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 2.710 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 2.610 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 3.26 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 2.520 km W of Hardtner, Kansas · 3975 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 2.910 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 2.79 km SSW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3973 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 2.53 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 2.79 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.611 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 173.

Before

  1. 3.03 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.73 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.611 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 2.710 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 3.55 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 14
  9. 2.510 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.87 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.924 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4010 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.69 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4010 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 3.3Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.56 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 3.35 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.54 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.7Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 3.15 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003l8l. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC.