M2.7 earthquake 4 km W of Langston, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 4 km W of Langston, Oklahoma on Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 12:18 PM CST (18:18 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-29 18:18:49 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.941° N, 97.300° 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, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- 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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 17
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 12
- 3.33 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
- 2.63 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 8
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.65 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 11
- 3.24 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 28
- 2.55 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
- 2.68 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.75 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 5
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 815
- 3.46 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 23
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
- 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 5
- 3.210 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
- 3.10 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 2.68 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
- 3.38 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 40
- 3.30 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 2.70 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 9
- 2.76 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 8
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.112 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 21
- 3.312 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 28
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.913 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 22
- 3.312 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 3.413 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4
- 3.513 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 27
- 2.913 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.413 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 7
- 2.37 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 8
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 6
- 2.66 km SE of Tryon, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.95 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 15
- 3.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 33
- 3.25 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 7
- 2.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
- 3.26 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 34
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
- 3.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 72
- 3.06 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.61 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 3.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
- 2.78 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 39
- 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 983
- 3.210 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.46 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
- 2.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
- 2.69 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 182
- 3.47 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 41
- 2.614 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.69 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.85 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.27 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 10
- 3.07 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 3.012 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.57 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.06 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004a9h. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:21 AM UTC.