M3.1 earthquake 13 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 13 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Thu, Mar 12, 2015, 5:40 AM CDT (10:40 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 2 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-12 10:40:26 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.870° N, 98.117° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- 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
- 2.23 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4171 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.85 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4171 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km NNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.42 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 2.512 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.611 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.99 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 2.38 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4171 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.06 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.47 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 3.76 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 41
- 2.59 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.47 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.74 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.712 km ESE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.56 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4169 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.25 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 3.00 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4169 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.78 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4169 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4169 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.17 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4169 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.05 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.51 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4169 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4169 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4169 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.96 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4169 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.66 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4169 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.66 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4168 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.413 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4168 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4168 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
- 2.67 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.72 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.87 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4167 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 1.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.58 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.35 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.51 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.78 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.812 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.02 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.54 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.83 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.64 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.012 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.66 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 53
- 2.17 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4165 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
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