M3.1 earthquake 9 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma on Sun, May 31, 2015, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 2 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-31 20:18:22 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.708° N, 98.652° 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 3.1 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- 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
- 1.72 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.52 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.77 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.06 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.96 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.86 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.512 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4099 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.56 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.78 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.86 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.65 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.15 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.62 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
- 1.97 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4097 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4097 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.96 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4097 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4097 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.56 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.06 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.86 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.55 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4096 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.65 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.88 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.31 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.61 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.96 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.05 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.84 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.75 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.65 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.96 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.628 km SSE of Coldwater, Kansas · 4094 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.729 km NNW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4094 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4094 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.61 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4094 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.628 km SE of Protection, Kansas · 4094 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.71 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4094 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 4094 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.30 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.90 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.93 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.52 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4093 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
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