M3.1 earthquake 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 4, 2015, 9:17 AM CST (15:17 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 17 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
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-04 15:17:53 UTC
- Depth
- 6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.764° N, 98.055° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.8 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- 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
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.63 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3910 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.49 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.61 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.716 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.717 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 41
- 2.718 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.0Kansas · 3910 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.56 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 6
- 2.33 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.816 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 3.916 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.13 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.517 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 2.64 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.516 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.74 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 5
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of South Haven, Kansas · 3908 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.517 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.82 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3908 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.17 km SW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 1.60 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3908 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.415 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
- 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.05 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3907 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 3.417 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 1.63 km N of Freeport, Kansas · 3905 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.07 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3905 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.06 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3905 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.24 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66 km WSW of South Haven, Kansas · 3904 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km E of Nash, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.86 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.52 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 3904 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.215 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100043c2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.