Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 6 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma on Mon, Sep 21, 2015, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 12 km WSW of Norwich, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-09-22 01:05:26 UTC
Depth
5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.602° N, 97.709° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
41°
Stations used
47

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. 2.912 km WSW of Norwich, Kansas · 3973 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  2. 4.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 235
  3. 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.79 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.67 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3973 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 2.48 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.611 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 3.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 67
  17. 3.110 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 3.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  19. 3.08 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.610 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 3.48 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  23. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 2.514 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 3.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  28. 1.84 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
  30. 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  31. 3.410 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.68 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  34. 2.92 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.910 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 1.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 1.54 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 2.36 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.06 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 3.76 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 7
  41. 2.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.012 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3971 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 3.610 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3971 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 31
  45. 2.610 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3971 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.37 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 2.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 2.94 km SW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  51. 3.53 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.911 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 2.812 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 3.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  57. 2.47 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.621 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003mp7. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 11:44 AM UTC.