M2.8 earthquake 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 23, 2015, 7:57 PM CST (01:57 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 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
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-24 01:57:59 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.760° N, 98.074° 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, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- 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
- 2.66 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 · 68 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 · 3882 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3882 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.25 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3882 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 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 · 38 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 · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.57 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.13 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 3.111 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.12 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.52 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 2.63 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.99 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.59 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 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 · 28 km away · felt by 6
- 2.111 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3880 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 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 · 92 km away
- 2.810 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.58 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.54 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3879 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.78 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.85 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.922 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3878 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3878 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.35 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.02 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.76 km WSW of South Haven, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.92 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.12 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 6
- 1.92 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.85 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.712 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.72 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.12 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.07 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004973. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC.