M2.6 earthquake 1 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 1 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma on Tue, Jul 7, 2015, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 4 km NNE of Crescent, 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
- 2015-07-07 21:14:56 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.793° N, 97.728° 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 II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.0 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.96 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.05 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4102 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.84 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4102 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.33 km WSW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.75 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4102 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.69 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.65 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4102 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.96 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4102 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4102 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.61 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.17 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.71 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 4101 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.54 km NNE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4101 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.30 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 4101 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.82 km SE of Cheney, Kansas · 4101 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 24
- 1.90 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 4101 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.93 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.52 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
- 2.66 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.73 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.93 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.51 km SW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.79 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 67
- 1.83 km SSW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 6
- 3.15 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4100 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.69 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.75 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4100 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 3.12 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4099 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.612 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.17 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.76 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4098 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km WSW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4098 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4097 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.86 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4097 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4097 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.71 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4097 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 2.55 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4097 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.27 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4097 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 1.94 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4097 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.85 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.53 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4096 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4096 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.64 km SE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4096 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
- 1.72 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.06 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.31 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.90 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.55 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.86 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.06 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.56 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.86 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4105 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.96 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4105 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.55 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4106 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.05 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 4106 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002w5n. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC.