M2.9 earthquake 9 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 9 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma on Wed, Apr 22, 2015, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 7 km WSW of Lucien, 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
- 2015-04-23 02:21:42 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.644° N, 97.679° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- 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
- 2.37 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4128 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.48 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4128 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4128 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.68 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4128 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.48 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4128 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.18 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4128 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4128 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.61 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4128 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.78 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.98 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.68 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.93 km WSW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.07 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4127 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 1.88 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.23 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.47 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4127 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.02 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.12 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 2.26 km SW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.38 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.86 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.36 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.78 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.34 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.33 km N of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 3.48 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 9
- 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.66 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.011 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.919 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 9
- 2.84 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 5
- 2.54 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.712 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.96 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 6
- 2.03 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.810 km NW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 10
- 2.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.35 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.010 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.62 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.69 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.36 km W of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.24 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.47 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200028hl. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.