Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 8 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Thu, Nov 5, 2015, 3:58 PM CST (21:58 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
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-11-05 21:58:28 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.770° N, 97.869° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 5.6 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. 2.79 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.79 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.66 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3982 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 1.612 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3982 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.53 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.57 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3982 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 3.55 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 20
  13. 3.014 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.510 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.912 km WSW of Norwich, Kansas · 3982 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  16. 4.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 235
  17. 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 2.79 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  21. 1.67 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3981 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 2.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  25. 2.48 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.611 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 3.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 67
  31. 3.110 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 3.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  33. 3.08 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.610 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 3.48 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  37. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3981 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  38. 2.514 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 3.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  42. 1.84 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 3981 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  43. 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
  44. 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 3.410 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 2.92 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.910 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  49. 1.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  50. 1.54 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  51. 2.36 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3980 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.06 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  53. 3.76 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 7
  54. 2.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.012 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 3.610 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 31
  58. 2.610 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  60. 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.58 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.68 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 2.910 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 1.55 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 2.520 km W of Hardtner, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.510 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 3.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 3.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.67 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.04 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.68 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 1.57 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 3.010 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
  18. 1.77 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3985 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.37 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3985 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 2.17 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3985 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003v0j. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.