M2.9 earthquake 5 km S of Nash, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 5 km S of Nash, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 4, 2015, 5:25 PM CST (23:25 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-04 23:25:24 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.617° N, 98.052° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- 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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.77 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.97 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.37 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.47 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
- 2.97 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 71
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.65 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.618 km W of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94 km SSW of Argonia, Kansas · 3949 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.78 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3949 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.73 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 26
- 3.410 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 3.012 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.411 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.513 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6
- 2.512 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.75 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3947 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.09 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km N of Helena, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 3946 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3946 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.39 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.83 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3945 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3945 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.36 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3945 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.35 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.02 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.10 km NNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.22 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3943 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 3.45 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
- 1.64 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3943 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.08 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.06 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.07 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.54 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.25 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 3.18 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 5
- 3.28 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 10
- 3.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 10
- 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Kansas · 3952 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3953 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.67 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.48 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 7
- 2.74 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3953 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.79 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
- 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3954 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.117 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000447n. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:08 PM UTC.