M2.8 earthquake 7 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 7 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma on Thu, Oct 1, 2015, 10:37 AM CDT (15:37 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 11 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-01 15:37:20 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.731° N, 98.560° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- 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
- 2.68 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 9
- 3.012 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.010 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.916 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.47 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.67 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.55 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3968 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.60 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.8Kansas · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7Kansas · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.79 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.710 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.411 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 1.97 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3966 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.5Kansas · 3966 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.612 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3966 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.17 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
- 2.59 km WSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.511 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3966 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.87 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3966 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 1.512 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3965 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.8Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 6
- 2.08 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3965 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.711 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 447
- 1.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3964 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5Kansas · 3964 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3964 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.51 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 6
- 1.63 km SSW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3964 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.68 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3Kansas · 3963 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
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