M3.2 earthquake 3 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 3 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma on Tue, Jul 21, 2015, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 6 km WSW 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
- 3.2 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-21 08:46:54 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.282° N, 97.643° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Strongest shaking
- III, weak shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- III, weak shaking
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 3.2 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 238°, dip 57°, rake -130°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 115°, dip 50°, rake -45°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.5 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- 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
- 3.04 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 6
- 2.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4039 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.53 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.64 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.89 km ESE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 2.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
- 2.83 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.56 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 11
- 3.34 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 8
- 2.94 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4038 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.46 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.610 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.83 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.55 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.610 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.53 km W of Marland, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.64 km W of Marland, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.611 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4037 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4036 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.65 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.82 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
- 2.512 km SSE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 1.73 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.83 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.95 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.59 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.37 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.73 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.59 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.53 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8Kansas · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.57 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
- 2.56 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.83 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.76 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4034 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.612 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4033 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.57 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.17 km SE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 3.04 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4032 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.610 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.310 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 200.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002yud. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:45 PM UTC.