M2.6 earthquake 6 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma on Sun, Nov 22, 2015, 8:19 PM CST (02:19 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 6 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-23 02:19:21 UTC
- Depth
- 0.1 km (0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.841° N, 97.794° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- 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
- 2.69 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3922 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 2.614 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.66 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3922 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3922 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.69 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.46 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
- 3.210 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.67 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3921 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.116 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 12
- 2.63 km E of Milan, Kansas · 3920 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
- 3.77 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
- 1.95 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3920 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.65 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.37 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.13 km E of Milan, Kansas · 3920 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2Kansas · 3920 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.27 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.04 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.27 km ENE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 2.311 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3918 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 2.0Kansas · 3918 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.711 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3918 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.14 km N of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 1.83 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3918 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.75 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km WNW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.010 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 2.111 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3917 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3917 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 3.02 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
- 1.55 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 3917 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.10 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.815 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
- 3.30 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 2.70 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.210 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3916 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3915 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.97 km N of Harper, KS · 3915 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.77 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3914 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.97 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km SSW of Argonia, Kansas · 3914 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.66 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.87 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 4.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 16
- 3.27 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
- 3.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
- 1.96 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3912 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 71
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100040fa. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC.