Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 3 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma on Tue, Jun 16, 2015, 8:27 AM CDT (13:27 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 4 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-06-16 13:27:58 UTC
Depth
5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.794° N, 97.767° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt at Medford.

From the USGS event page for us20002qeg. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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 0.7 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
60°
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.111 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  2. 1.78 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.76 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 1.95 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 4.36 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 294
  10. 3.14 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.95 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4123 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.59 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.35 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4123 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.85 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 3.04 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4122 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.96 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4122 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  19. 1.76 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4122 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.77 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4122 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 1.96 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4122 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 1.66 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4122 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 3.14 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4122 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  24. 3.09 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4122 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.86 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 4122 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 2.74 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4122 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 3.25 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4122 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 2.69 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4122 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 2.54 km N of Helena, Oklahoma · 4121 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  30. 1.9Kansas · 4121 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  31. 2.08 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4121 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  32. 1.78 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4121 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 2.76 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4121 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 2.7Oklahoma · 4121 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 1.76 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4121 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 2.75 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4121 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 3.37 km SW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4121 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  38. 3.04 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4121 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  39. 1.52 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4121 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4121 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 1.61 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4120 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 2.14 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 4120 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  43. 3.13 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.97 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 2.57 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 1.61 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4120 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 3.47 km SW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  48. 3.35 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.510 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 33
  51. 2.96 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  52. 2.57 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 2.57 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  54. 2.5Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  55. 2.58 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  56. 1.94 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4118 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 2.05 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 4118 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 2.51 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 3.45 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.910 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.513 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.83 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.86 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.85 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 3.117 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.84 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 1.58 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.35 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 3.47 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 7
  10. 2.85 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.95 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.511 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 1.87 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.47 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.40 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.91 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 2.96 km WSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.80 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.58 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 2.8Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002qeg. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:44 AM UTC.