M2.9 earthquake 5 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 5 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma on Wed, Jun 17, 2015, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 7 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-17 23:23:18 UTC
- Depth
- 4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.692° N, 98.611° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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 3.3 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 178°
- 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
- 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4082 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.47 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1,495
- 3.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 44
- 2.69 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.46 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.34 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.96 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.23 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 3.58 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 4082 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.1Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 3.03 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.58 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.83 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 2.5Kansas · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.28 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.97 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4081 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.73 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.58 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.24 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.88 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4080 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.56 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.95 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.38 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.99 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.58 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.72 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
- 3.18 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.52 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4078 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4078 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.26 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
- 2.57 km SE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.61 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.96 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.58 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.15 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.27 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.78 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.72 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.64 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.76 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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