M3.1 earthquake 2 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 2 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma on Thu, Jul 2, 2015, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 5 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-02 22:40:35 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.824° N, 97.720° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.75 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4060 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.77 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4060 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.22 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4060 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4060 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.54 km N of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4060 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 4060 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4060 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.14 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4060 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4060 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4060 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.66 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.13 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.96 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.97 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4059 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
- 2.85 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4059 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.97 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.87 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.95 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.03 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4059 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.93 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4058 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.72 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4058 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4058 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.08 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4058 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4058 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 9
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4058 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.35 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4058 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3
- 3.313 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4058 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 30
- 1.66 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4057 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4057 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.810 km E of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4057 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4057 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.16 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4057 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 152
- 2.96 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4057 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4057 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4056 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.97 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4056 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
- 1.6Kansas · 4055 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.55 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4055 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.08 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.611 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4055 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.84 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.82 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.48 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.18 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4055 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.12 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4055 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4054 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.34 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4054 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.713 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4054 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.54 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 4053 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4053 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4053 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.66 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4053 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 4053 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.72 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4053 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.72 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4053 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.75 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4053 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.02 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4053 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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