Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 6 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma on Sat, Sep 12, 2015, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 3 km W of Cushing, 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
2015-09-13 03:34:23 UTC
Depth
4.9 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.594° N, 97.421° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (II) at Edmond.

From the USGS event page for us20003j7m. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.0 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
69°
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.610 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.72 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 3.22 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 3.12 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  6. 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.610 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 3.38 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.76 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.03 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.610 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.8Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.65 km NNE of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.99 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.910 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.52 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 3.03 km NE of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
  18. 3.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 12
  19. 2.82 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.82 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  22. 2.54 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 3.72 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 55
  24. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.74 km NW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 2.65 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.11 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.63 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 2.67 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 2.73 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  35. 3.21 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  36. 3.31 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.24 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  38. 3.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 2.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 2.54 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 2.59 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  44. 3.22 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 7
  45. 3.02 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 2.52 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 2.89 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 4.13 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 93
  50. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 3.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  52. 2.42 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.812 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 3.11 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 6
  55. 3.02 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  56. 3.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
  57. 2.82 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.92 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  60. 2.71 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 3.18 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 21
  2. 2.0Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.75 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
  4. 3.24 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 7
  5. 2.710 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.84 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 3.110 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.98 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4040 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.310 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4040 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
  11. 3.510 km SSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4041 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 17
  12. 3.310 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4041 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.57 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4041 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.610 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4042 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.57 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4042 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.17 km SE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4042 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.57 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4042 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.612 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4043 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.78 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 4044 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.59 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4045 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003j7m. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:47 AM UTC.