M3.1 earthquake 3 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 3 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma on Tue, Nov 3, 2015, 11:55 AM CST (17:55 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 7 km E 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
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-03 17:55:08 UTC
- Depth
- 3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.321° N, 97.552° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- 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
- 2.78 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.618 km W of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 3.19 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 3.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.78 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3944 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3944 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3944 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.73 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 26
- 3.410 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 3.012 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.411 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.513 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
- 2.00 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
- 2.84 km ESE of Tryon, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.68 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.98 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.09 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km N of Helena, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.39 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 2.79 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.83 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.813 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.81 km E of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.36 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.35 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.73 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.62 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 3.10 km NNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.45 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 6
- 1.64 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3938 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.08 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.63 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.06 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3938 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.07 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3937 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.77 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3936 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 7
- 2.07 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3936 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.510 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.53 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200041ri. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC.