Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 7 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 7 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma on Tue, Sep 22, 2015, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC), 6 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
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-09-23 04:05:24 UTC
Depth
5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.594° N, 97.403° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
57°
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: 193 in the 60 days after this one and 146 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.96 km SSE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.61 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.81 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.56 km NNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.52 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 4.01 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 156
  8. 2.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 3.12 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 10
  10. 2.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.513 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.34 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.79 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.66 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 3.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 3.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 9
  21. 2.912 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.53 km SE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 1.72 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.68 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 2.911 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 2.66 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 2.82 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 2.62 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  30. 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  31. 3.76 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 78
  32. 3.26 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  33. 2.63 km SSE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  34. 2.61 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.63 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
  36. 3.16 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 3.26 km NNW of Stroud, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.610 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 2.77 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 2.96 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.96 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
  42. 2.73 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  43. 2.33 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
  44. 2.54 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.84 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 10
  46. 2.54 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  47. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 2.28 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.78 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  50. 3.45 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 8
  51. 2.81 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 11
  52. 2.27 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.92 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.92 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.93 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.89 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  57. 3.07 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 2.56 km ENE of McLoud, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  59. 2.911 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.51 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4010 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 193.

Before

  1. 2.69 km SSW of Warwick, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  3. 3.14 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.27 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  5. 3.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 9
  6. 2.61 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.07 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.80 km E of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.71 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.92 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.82 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
  15. 3.02 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  16. 3.11 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 6
  17. 2.812 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 2.42 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  19. 3.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003n7f. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:39 AM UTC.