M2.9 earthquake 6 km NNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma on Wed, Apr 22, 2015, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 8 km NNE of Quinlan, 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
- 2015-04-22 20:20:09 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.719° N, 98.581° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- 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
- 2.24 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.912 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.912 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.53 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.08 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.67 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.57 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.58 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4136 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.83 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.57 km S of Meno, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4136 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.52 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4136 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4135 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4135 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.62 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4135 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.72 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4135 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4134 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 12
- 1.85 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4134 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4134 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.78 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4134 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4134 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.2Kansas · 4133 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.55 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.84 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1Kansas · 4133 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4133 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4132 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.19 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4132 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.04 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 4132 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.14 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 4132 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4132 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.06 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4132 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.710 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4132 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4132 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.96 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4132 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 1.83 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4132 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4132 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4132 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.55 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.54 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.05 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 1.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.05 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 3.03 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 7
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