Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 10 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 10 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Thu, Nov 5, 2015, 11:44 AM CST (17:44 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-11-05 17:44:43 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.722° N, 97.910° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.5 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
49°
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. 2.68 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.58 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.88 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.79 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.79 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.66 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3980 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.612 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3980 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.53 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 1.57 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3979 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 3.55 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 20
  16. 3.014 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.510 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.912 km WSW of Norwich, Kansas · 3979 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
  19. 4.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 235
  20. 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 2.79 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 1.67 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3979 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 2.48 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.611 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  31. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 3.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 67
  34. 3.110 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 3.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  36. 3.08 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.610 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 3.48 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  40. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 2.514 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 3.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  45. 1.84 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
  47. 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  48. 3.410 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 2.92 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.910 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  52. 1.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  53. 1.54 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 2.36 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3978 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  55. 3.06 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  56. 3.76 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 7
  57. 2.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.012 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 3.610 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 31

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 1.55 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.520 km W of Hardtner, Kansas · 3981 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.510 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3982 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3982 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 3.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 3.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.67 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3982 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 2.04 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.68 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 1.57 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 3.010 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
  15. 1.77 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3982 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.37 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3983 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 2.17 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3983 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 3.13 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  19. 3.26 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 2.08 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3983 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003uxc. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:14 PM UTC.