Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 2 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma on Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 6:20 AM CDT (11:20 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-09-18 11:20:37 UTC
Depth
4.1 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.978° N, 96.794° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

A small precursor event can be seen about 2-3 sec earlier on the closest stations.

From the USGS event page for us10003xiz. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.5 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
56°
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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 138 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.89 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 4.13 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 93
  4. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 3.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.42 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.812 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 3.11 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 6
  9. 3.02 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
  11. 2.82 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.92 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.71 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.80 km E of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.07 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.61 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 3.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 9
  21. 2.27 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
  22. 3.14 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.96 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  25. 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.69 km SSW of Warwick, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 3.17 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
  28. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.96 km SSE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 2.612 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 2.61 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 2.86 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.81 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5
  34. 2.56 km NNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 2.52 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  36. 4.01 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 156
  37. 2.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 3.12 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 10
  39. 2.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 2.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  42. 2.513 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 2.34 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 2.79 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 2.66 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 3.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  51. 3.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 9
  52. 2.912 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.53 km SE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 1.72 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.79 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.68 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 2.911 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  58. 2.66 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 2.82 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 3.02 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 3.22 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
  3. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.89 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.59 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.54 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 3.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.24 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  11. 3.31 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.21 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.73 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.67 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.63 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.11 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003xiz. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:41 PM UTC.