M2.9 earthquake 24 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 24 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma on Wed, Sep 30, 2015, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 2 km WNW of Nescatunga, 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
- 2015-09-30 19:31:23 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.369° N, 98.723° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 91°
- 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
- 2.611 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.42 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
- 3.84 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4005 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.06 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.85 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 2.89 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.56 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.07 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.56 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 3.48 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.412 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1,094
- 3.512 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 12
- 3.36 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 2.95 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
- 2.75 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.512 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.811 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 2.97 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.624 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3992 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.14 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3991 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 11
- 3.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3991 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3991 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.85 km NE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3990 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3990 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.58 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3989 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.16 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3989 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3988 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.64 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3987 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.010 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.56 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.66 km WSW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.81 km NNE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.69 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.41 km NNE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 13
- 2.711 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.68 km SSE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.520 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.4Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.37 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.511 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.18 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.56 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.79 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003jcc. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:49 PM UTC.