M2.9 earthquake 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Mon, Dec 21, 2015, 5:49 PM CST (23:49 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 16 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
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-21 23:49:05 UTC
- Depth
- 7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.761° N, 98.057° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- 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
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.515 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.66 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.77 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.59 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.76 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.816 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.67 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 1.610 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3887 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.510 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.74 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3886 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.410 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
- 2.713 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3885 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3885 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3885 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.78 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3885 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 1.6Kansas · 3885 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3885 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3885 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3884 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.59 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3883 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.111 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
- 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3883 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.76 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.06 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.512 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3883 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.25 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3882 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3882 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3882 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3882 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3882 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3882 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.57 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.13 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 3.111 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.12 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.52 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 2.63 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.99 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.59 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3880 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.44 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 6
- 2.111 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3880 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.76 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.810 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
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