Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 8 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma on Sun, Jan 11, 2015, 3:20 AM CST (09:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-01-11 09:20:01 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.598° N, 97.754° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Station coverage gap
74°
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

  1. 3.48 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4280 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 21
  2. 2.02 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4280 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.02 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4280 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.63 km N of Freeport, Kansas · 4280 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.89 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4280 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 1.92 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4280 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.69 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4280 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4280 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.53 km SW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4280 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.52 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4280 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 2.79 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4280 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
  12. 1.77 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.013 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.512 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.74 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.65 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4279 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 7
  17. 2.64 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4279 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4279 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.63 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4279 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  20. 1.84 km SE of Danville, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.63 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4279 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.47 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4279 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.76 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4279 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  24. 3.13 km N of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4279 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  25. 1.69 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 2.57 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 2.08 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 3.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.19 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 2.86 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.83 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.62 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 2.11 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 2.69 km S of Covington, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 2.60 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.54 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 2.56 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  40. 2.98 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.66 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.612 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 3.07 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  44. 3.16 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  45. 3.16 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  46. 2.57 km NE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.34 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 5
  48. 2.28 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 2.99 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.77 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 1.62 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 2.77 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  56. 2.12 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 2.58 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  59. 3.03 km N of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  60. 1.74 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.58 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4280 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4280 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4280 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.68 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4280 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.56 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4280 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4280 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.54 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4280 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.510 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4280 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.63 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4280 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.42 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.81 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.96 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.87 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4281 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.56 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 3.27 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.26 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tiaq. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:51 PM UTC.