Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 6 km WNW of Drummond, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Drummond, Oklahoma on Thu, Aug 27, 2015, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 7 km S of Anthony, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-08-28 00:01:16 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.315° N, 98.109° 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 2.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
63°
Stations used
50

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. 2.710 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4007 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.33 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.611 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.54 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.84 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 10
  7. 2.54 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.56 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.73 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 3.03 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 2.65 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.611 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 3.42 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 5
  14. 3.84 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.28 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.45 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
  18. 2.26 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4004 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 2.84 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.81 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 11
  21. 3.06 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 2.92 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.92 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.85 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.93 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.89 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4003 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 3.07 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 2.56 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.911 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.51 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 3.010 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4002 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 2.510 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.66 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4002 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 2.89 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.07 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 2.56 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  40. 3.48 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 2.22 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  42. 3.110 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  43. 4.412 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1,094
  44. 3.512 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 12
  45. 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 2.59 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 2.910 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  48. 3.36 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  49. 3.52 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 12
  50. 1.84 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 2.08 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 1.78 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 2.28 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 3.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 1.76 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  59. 2.95 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.69 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100035kq. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:29 AM UTC.