Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 1 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 1 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma on Thu, Oct 8, 2015, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 5 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-10-09 00:36:24 UTC
Depth
4.4 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.997° N, 96.772° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
85°
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: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.15 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.110 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.86 km ENE of McLoud, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
  4. 4.33 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 437
  5. 3.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
  6. 3.01 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.81 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
  8. 2.83 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.34 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 13
  11. 2.59 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.63 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 6
  13. 2.910 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.52 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 12
  15. 2.93 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.53 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.75 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.93 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 3.24 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  22. 3.02 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
  23. 3.04 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  24. 3.45 km ENE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
  25. 2.614 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  26. 2.92 km NNW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3997 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  28. 2.810 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3997 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 2.69 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3997 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 3.11 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3997 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 21
  31. 2.66 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3997 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.61 km NW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3997 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  33. 2.95 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  34. 3.49 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 6
  35. 3.02 km ENE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 6
  36. 2.63 km ENE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 3.57 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  38. 3.13 km NNE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 2.57 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 2.53 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 2.55 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 2.514 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 3.04 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  44. 3.37 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 7
  45. 3.17 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  46. 2.84 km SE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3991 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3990 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  48. 2.52 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3990 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.63 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3990 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 2.53 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3988 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 2.75 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3987 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.510 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3987 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.62 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3987 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 2.72 km WSW of Agra, Oklahoma · 3987 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  55. 2.75 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  56. 2.76 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 2.58 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 2.81 km NNE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 2.96 km E of Agra, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 2.55 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 177.

Before

  1. 2.510 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.0Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.81 km ENE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 3.010 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.51 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.911 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.56 km ENE of McLoud, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 3.07 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 2.93 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.92 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.92 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.27 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.81 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 11
  14. 3.45 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 8
  15. 2.78 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.28 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.54 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.84 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 10
  20. 2.54 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003ly1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC.