M2.6 earthquake 24 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 24 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma on Sat, Oct 17, 2015, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 5 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-17 23:56:58 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.371° N, 98.719° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- 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
- 2.85 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.13 km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 7
- 2.75 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.35 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
- 2.63 km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.82 km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.719 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.51 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.710 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.35 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 7
- 2.610 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.26 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.68 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.520 km W of Hardtner, Kansas · 3974 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.910 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.58 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.88 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3973 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.79 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.48 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.611 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 3.08 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 3.48 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 1.54 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.76 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 7
- 2.94 km SW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 2.711 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.621 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 3.16 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.68 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.916 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.47 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.60 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.17 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
- 2.59 km WSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.8Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 6
- 2.08 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3964 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 4.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 447
- 2.51 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 6
- 2.68 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km SE of Waldron, Kansas · 3962 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
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