Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 10 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 10 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Fri, Apr 3, 2015, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-04-03 21:28:36 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.689° N, 97.680° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.3 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
52°
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.52 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 3.42 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  3. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 3.76 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 23
  5. 2.93 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.67 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4195 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.55 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.95 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 3.36 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.53 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.55 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 3.45 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 5
  15. 1.93 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4195 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 3.05 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 1.73 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4195 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.55 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4195 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 4.16 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4194 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 368
  21. 2.66 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4194 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 1.95 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4194 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.85 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4194 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 2.65 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4194 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 1.9Kansas · 4194 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 2.78 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4194 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
  27. 2.76 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4194 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.66 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4194 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 2.59 km SSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4194 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4194 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 3.15 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4194 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4194 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 2.25 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4194 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 1.85 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4194 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 1.611 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4194 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 2.05 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4194 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4194 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 3.212 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4194 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
  39. 2.711 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4193 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
  40. 1.64 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4193 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 1.64 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4193 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 2.72 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4193 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 2.54 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4193 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 2.75 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4193 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 2.78 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4193 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 29
  46. 1.65 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4193 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 2.66 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4193 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.74 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4193 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 3.06 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4193 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
  50. 1.94 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4193 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 1.85 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4193 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  52. 2.56 km SW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4193 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 1.57 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4193 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  54. 2.56 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4193 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 1.55 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4192 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 3.97 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4192 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 35
  57. 3.17 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4192 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 4
  58. 1.75 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4192 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 2.85 km ESE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4192 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
  60. 1.75 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4192 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.43 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4195 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 3.35 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4195 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.82 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.71 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.92 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.94 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.32 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4196 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.55 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4196 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.76 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.71 km NNE of Milan, Kansas · 4196 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 3.25 km SSW of Goltry, OK · 4196 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 38
  13. 2.613 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.511 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.63 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4196 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.87 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4196 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.15 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4196 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.63 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4196 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.62 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4197 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 3.46 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4197 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001tql. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:59 PM UTC.