Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 5 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 5 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma on Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 9:19 AM CDT (14:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 12 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-08-18 14:19:31 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.687° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
112°
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.02 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4064 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4064 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.7Kansas · 4064 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.64 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.56 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4063 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 2.67 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4063 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.72 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4063 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.88 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4063 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 3.33 km S of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4063 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 3.66 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4063 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 38
  11. 3.56 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4063 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4062 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 3.44 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4062 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.24 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4062 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.55 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4062 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.62 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4062 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.811 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4062 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 2.92 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4062 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.86 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4061 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4061 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4061 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 2.07 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4060 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 3.89 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4060 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 116
  24. 2.33 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4060 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4060 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 3.411 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4059 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 5
  27. 2.62 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4059 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.36 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 3.34 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4059 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 1.68 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.72 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4059 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.710 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4058 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 1.68 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4058 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 2.63 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4058 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.98 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4057 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 1.56 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4057 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 1.92 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4057 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4057 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 2.67 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4057 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4057 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.91 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4057 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  43. 3.413 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 4056 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  44. 3.02 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4056 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4056 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 2.62 km ENE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4056 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.05 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4056 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.85 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4056 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 2.55 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 2.08 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4055 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 2.58 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.84 km NW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.86 km WNW of Drummond, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 2.99 km WSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4054 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 2.77 km NW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4054 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  56. 2.611 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4054 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  57. 1.53 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4054 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 2.73 km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma · 4054 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4054 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.84 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4053 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.72 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4064 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.72 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4064 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.85 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 4064 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.54 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 4064 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.34 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4065 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 3.12 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  8. 3.48 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.82 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.613 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.84 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.611 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4067 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 3.08 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.55 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4067 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.97 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  16. 3.211 km SSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.96 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 4.16 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 152
  19. 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away

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