M2.5 earthquake 8 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Tue, Dec 1, 2015, 8:20 AM CST (14:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-01 14:20:53 UTC
- Depth
- 5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.771° N, 97.863° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- 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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3955 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.13 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3955 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3955 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.65 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.75 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.117 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3955 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3954 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.74 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.48 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 7
- 2.67 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3954 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3953 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 10
- 3.28 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 10
- 3.18 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 5
- 2.87 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 3.25 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.95 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.77 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.97 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.37 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.47 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
- 2.97 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 71
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.65 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.618 km W of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94 km SSW of Argonia, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.78 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.73 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
- 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 26
- 3.410 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 3.012 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.411 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.513 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 6
- 2.512 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.75 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.09 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km N of Helena, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 3947 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3947 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.39 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.912 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3956 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.13 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3956 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.75 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
- 3.310 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 10
- 2.52 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.47 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 1.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
- 3.24 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 35
- 2.610 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.88 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100042fr. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC.