M2.7 earthquake 5 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 5 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma on Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 6:13 PM CST (00:13 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-01 00:13:49 UTC
- Depth
- 7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.693° N, 98.512° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Oklahoma City.
From the USGS event page for us100042c1. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.2 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- 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
- 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.13 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.912 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.58 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.13 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.65 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.75 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.117 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 1.77 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3956 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.74 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.48 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 7
- 2.67 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3956 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3955 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 10
- 3.28 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 10
- 3.18 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
- 2.87 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 3.25 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.95 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.77 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3953 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.97 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3953 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.37 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3953 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.97 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 71
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
- 2.65 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94 km SSW of Argonia, Kansas · 3952 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.78 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.73 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 26
- 3.410 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 3.012 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.411 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.513 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
- 2.512 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.75 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3949 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.09 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 3.310 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 10
- 3.310 km S of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 8
- 2.52 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.47 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 1.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.610 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.88 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3958 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.79 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2,647
- 1.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3958 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.55 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.33 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3959 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3959 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 3.06 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3959 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.83 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3960 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100042c1. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:58 AM UTC.