Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 6 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 6 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma on Thu, Mar 12, 2015, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 6 km W of Langston, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

Pond Creek forecastMore in Oklahoma

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-03-12 17:46:16 UTC
Depth
6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.624° N, 97.667° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
62°
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: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.06 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 3.9Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 18
  3. 1.66 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.96 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.36 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.31 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 7
  7. 1.66 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 2.16 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 3.32 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.66 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.67 km W of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.62 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.84 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 1.94 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.56 km NNE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 2.12 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.65 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 1.61 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.11 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.310 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 2.89 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 2.52 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 2.32 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 2.710 km S of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
  25. 1.83 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 2.13 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4218 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4218 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 1.63 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4218 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 2.57 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4218 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  30. 3.18 km NW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 8
  31. 1.77 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 1.87 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4218 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 2.99 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.16 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 2.67 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.62 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4218 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 3.12 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.99 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  39. 2.86 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 1.76 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 1.76 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 2.66 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 2.69 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  44. 1.74 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4217 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  45. 2.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4217 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  46. 3.52 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4217 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 17
  47. 2.81 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4217 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 2.53 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 2.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 3.24 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
  52. 3.03 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  53. 3.03 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  54. 2.66 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 2.85 km SW of Nash, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  56. 1.96 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4216 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.67 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 1.86 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4216 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 2.66 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4216 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.60 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 3.113 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.91 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.5Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.71 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.61 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.513 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 2.57 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.67 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.33 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 2.62 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 3.37 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.91 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  15. 1.71 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  18. 1.75 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 2.53 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 3.02 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5

Earthquakes todayOklahoma earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001lwy. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:18 PM UTC.