M3.6 earthquake 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma on Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 11:38 PM CDT (04:38 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 4 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-12 04:38:26 UTC
- Depth
- 6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.292° N, 97.534° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 13
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
13 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 3.6 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 117°, dip 55°, rake -46°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 238°, dip 54°, rake -135°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.2 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- 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
- 2.87 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4080 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.56 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.95 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.38 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.31 km NE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.30 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 7
- 2.57 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.99 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.58 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.52 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.72 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
- 2.16 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 3.18 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.52 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4078 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4078 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.26 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
- 3.07 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 2.57 km SE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.11 km ENE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
- 3.01 km W of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 2.61 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.74 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 29
- 2.55 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.96 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.24 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
- 3.04 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 3.64 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 10
- 1.78 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.25 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
- 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.72 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.76 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
- 2.96 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.27 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.55 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.51 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.54 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.76 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.511 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.44 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.85 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 76
- 4.54 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3,771
- 3.04 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.87 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 22
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002p8p. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC.