M3.1 earthquake 13 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 13 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 5:46 PM CST (23:46 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 4 km NE of Hunter, 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 (mb_lg), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-26 23:46:23 UTC
- Depth
- 13.7 km (8.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.557° N, 98.646° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.7 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Station coverage gap
- 157°
- 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
- 3.74 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 73
- 2.74 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.17 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.01 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4217 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.47 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 1.50 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4217 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.77 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4217 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.07 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.05 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 4216 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3Kansas · 4216 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.81 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4216 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.64 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4216 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.96 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4216 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.94 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.82 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.66 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4215 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4214 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4214 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4214 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.71 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4213 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.91 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4213 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 2.62 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.33 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4213 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.67 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 2.57 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.61 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4213 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.67 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 2.71 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.91 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4213 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.113 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4212 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.60 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4212 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.76 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.9Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 18
- 2.96 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 2.36 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4212 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.32 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.62 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.84 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.86 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
- 2.12 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.65 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.61 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.11 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.32 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.13 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
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