M3.7 earthquake 7 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 7 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma on Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 9:45 PM CST (03:45 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 18 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
- 3.7 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-30 03:45:08 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.729° N, 98.009° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 5
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
5 people 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 1.9 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- 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
- 2.67 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.25 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3874 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.616 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.118 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4,049
- 4.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 33
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.19 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 6
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
- 3.417 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
- 2.417 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.717 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 28
- 2.516 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.717 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
- 2.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
- 3.26 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.2Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 11
- 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 2.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 2.517 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.4Kansas · 3874 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 3.817 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 10
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.54 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 27
- 2.910 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 6
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.52 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.97 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 2.79 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.517 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 2.69 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.69 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.84 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 1.710 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3872 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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