M3.1 earthquake 7 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 7 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Thu, Jan 15, 2015, 1:47 AM CST (07:47 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 2 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (mb_lg), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-15 07:47:28 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.715° N, 97.873° 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, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.19 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 7
- 2.33 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4224 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.52 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 14
- 1.63 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4224 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.76 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4223 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4223 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.54 km SSE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4223 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km SSE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 3.24 km SSE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 10
- 1.78 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.76 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
- 2.55 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.96 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 45
- 2.514 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
- 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.69 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.84 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.49 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 7
- 2.512 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 3.84 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 31
- 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.94 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.07 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 41
- 2.97 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 2.94 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.59 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.85 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3
- 2.612 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.612 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.55 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.612 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 2.89 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.89 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.811 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.79 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.19 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.67 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.611 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.91 km N of Harper, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.66 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.77 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.14 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.61 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
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