Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 4 km ESE of Kremlin, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 4 km ESE of Kremlin, Oklahoma on Thu, Jan 15, 2015, 1:43 AM CST (07:43 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 8 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-01-15 07:43:14 UTC
Depth
3.4 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.531° N, 97.780° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Station coverage gap
90°
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.17 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.57 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.51 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.87 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.57 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.76 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.93 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.74 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.97 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 3.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
  12. 1.64 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.54 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.77 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.75 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.92 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 2.77 km N of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.8Kansas · 4275 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 3.17 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
  22. 3.06 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.78 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.02 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 2.56 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 1.74 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 2.03 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 1.65 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  33. 3.27 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  34. 3.47 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  35. 1.97 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 1.68 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 3.15 km S of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  38. 3.25 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  39. 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 3.19 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 2.94 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  42. 1.711 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 1.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 3.03 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.83 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 3.111 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
  48. 1.94 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 3.82 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 5
  51. 1.52 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 1.511 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  54. 2.911 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.24 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  57. 3.52 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 69
  58. 3.86 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 50
  59. 2.96 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.36 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.67 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.37 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.04 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.74 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 3.03 km N of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  8. 2.58 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.12 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.77 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 1.62 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.77 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.99 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.28 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 3.34 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 5
  20. 2.57 km NE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tfyj. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC.