M3.8 earthquake 4 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 4 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Mon, Oct 5, 2015, 1:53 AM CDT (06:53 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 4 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-05 06:53:01 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.777° N, 98.190° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate 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
- V, moderate shaking
- Map
- Automatic

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 2.9 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- 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
- 1.5Kansas · 3963 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.51 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
- 1.63 km SSW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.710 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.68 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.3Kansas · 3963 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3962 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km SE of Waldron, Kansas · 3962 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3961 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2Kansas · 3961 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3961 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.43 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 7
- 1.65 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3961 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.76 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.83 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3960 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.74 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 5,355
- 2.64 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 13
- 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 12
- 2.610 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.825 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.35 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 45
- 3.29 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 23
- 3.79 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 53
- 2.95 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 17
- 2.65 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 10
- 2.54 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3959 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 3.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 8
- 3.414 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 5
- 2.54 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.62 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.55 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 6
- 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 3.314 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 2.614 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.69 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 3.47 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
- 4.111 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 308
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 8
- 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.44 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
The first 60 of 200.
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