M2.8 earthquake 7 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 7 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 5:50 AM CDT (10:50 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 7 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-16 10:50:50 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.633° N, 97.651° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- 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
- 1.95 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.51 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.78 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.17 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 161
- 2.88 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.812 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.02 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.77 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.54 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.83 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.64 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.012 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.69 km NNW of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.66 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 53
- 2.17 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.66 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.58 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4164 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4164 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.16 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4164 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 3.85 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4164 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 17
- 2.88 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4164 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4164 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4164 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.710 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4163 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.62 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4163 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4163 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.17 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4163 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.51 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4163 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.97 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4163 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 2.55 km E of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4163 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.13 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4162 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.94 km NE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 4162 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 2.82 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4162 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
- 1.84 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4162 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4162 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.85 km ESE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4161 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.74 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4161 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 3.011 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4161 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4161 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.710 km S of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4161 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4161 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4161 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.72 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4161 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.72 km SSE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4161 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.412 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4161 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.74 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4161 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4161 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.83 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4161 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.97 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4160 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.96 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4160 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4160 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.07 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4160 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.82 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4160 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
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