Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 5 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma on Tue, Mar 31, 2015, 9:46 AM CDT (14:46 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 8 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-03-31 14:46:54 UTC
Depth
2.6 km (1.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.326° N, 97.526° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.0 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
58°
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

  1. 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 3.48 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 7
  3. 2.78 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 3.18 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.6Kansas · 4157 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 3.512 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.64 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.43 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.15 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.612 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 3.05 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.01 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.69 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 3.09 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.59 km S of Wellston, OK · 4157 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.57 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.28 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4157 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.6Kansas · 4157 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.87 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 3.18 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.612 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 2.63 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  23. 2.57 km SSW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 2.95 km SSE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 2.66 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 3.56 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  27. 3.22 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
  28. 1.73 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4155 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 2.88 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 3.28 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 12
  31. 2.59 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 2.52 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 3.11 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 2.96 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  37. 2.35 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4155 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.75 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 2.011 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4154 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 3.07 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
  41. 1.71 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4154 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.76 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  43. 3.12 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 3.04 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 3.37 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  46. 2.56 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.79 km SSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 2.66 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 2.72 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 2.56 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  51. 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4153 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 2.69 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 1.72 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4152 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 2.58 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 2.69 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.18 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4152 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 2.62 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.59 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 1.64 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4152 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 2.67 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001scn. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:53 PM UTC.