Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 11 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 11 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 6 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-03-18 18:13:34 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.779° N, 98.030° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
72°
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. 2.96 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.77 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.12 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.81 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.64 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 2.77 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.97 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 2.2Kansas · 4210 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.77 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 1.67 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 1.86 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.85 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.16 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.53 km SSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 3.16 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.622 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.66 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.73 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 2.37 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 1.78 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 2.712 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 3.26 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.21 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 2.79 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 2.25 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 1.74 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  31. 2.57 km E of Nash, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 2.73 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 2.55 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  34. 3.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 34
  35. 3.27 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  36. 1.911 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  37. 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  39. 2.58 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 3.04 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  41. 3.44 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
  42. 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 2.12 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  44. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 2.72 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.57 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 1.72 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4207 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 2.06 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4207 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 1.72 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4207 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  50. 3.39 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 13
  51. 2.94 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 2.55 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 2.85 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 2.76 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.68 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 3.46 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.01 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4207 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  59. 2.02 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4207 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4207 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.67 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 1.97 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 3.95 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 44
  4. 2.36 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.66 km WSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.59 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.03 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 4212 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.76 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 3.29 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4212 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.59 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.74 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4213 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.67 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 3.110 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.66 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4213 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.86 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4213 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.96 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4213 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.85 km SW of Nash, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001qza. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.