Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 2 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 2 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma on Thu, Sep 24, 2015, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 2 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-09-25 01:59:03 UTC
Depth
0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.993° N, 96.790° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
10
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
3.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 245°, dip 90°, rake -170°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 155°, dip 80°, rake 0°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.4 km horizontally, 6.9 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.34 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.79 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.66 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 3.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 3.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 9
  10. 2.912 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.53 km SE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 1.72 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.79 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.68 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.911 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4010 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 2.66 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4010 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.82 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.62 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  21. 3.76 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 78
  22. 3.26 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
  23. 2.63 km SSE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 2.61 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 2.63 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
  26. 3.16 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 2.86 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 3.26 km NNW of Stroud, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.610 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 2.77 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.96 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.96 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
  33. 2.73 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 2.33 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
  35. 2.54 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.84 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 10
  37. 2.54 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.28 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.78 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  41. 3.45 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 8
  42. 2.81 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 11
  43. 2.27 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.92 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.92 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.93 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.89 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 3.07 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 2.56 km ENE of McLoud, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.911 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.51 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 3.010 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  53. 2.81 km ENE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 3.0Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  55. 2.510 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.91 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  57. 3.15 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  58. 3.110 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.86 km ENE of McLoud, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
  60. 4.33 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 437

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003nwu. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 10:38 PM UTC.