Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 12 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 12 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Wed, May 6, 2015, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 5 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-05-07 00:13:31 UTC
Depth
6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.866° N, 98.158° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.7 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
110°
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. 1.94 km E of Harper, Kansas · 4120 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.61 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 3.05 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.63 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4120 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.96 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  6. 3.36 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  7. 3.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 4119 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.97 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4119 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.911 km SW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 4.06 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 37
  12. 1.93 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4118 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 3.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
  14. 2.94 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.8Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 1.58 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 2.96 km WSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.91 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4118 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.47 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4118 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 1.87 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4118 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 2.511 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 2.95 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 2.85 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 3.47 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4117 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 7
  25. 2.35 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 1.58 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 2.84 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 3.117 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.85 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.86 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 4117 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 2.83 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 2.513 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 2.43 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 3.111 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  35. 1.78 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 1.76 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 4116 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 1.95 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 4116 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 1.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4116 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 1.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4116 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  41. 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  42. 4.36 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4115 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 294
  43. 3.14 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4115 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 2.95 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4115 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  45. 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4115 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4115 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 2.35 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4115 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 2.85 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  49. 3.04 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.96 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  51. 1.76 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4114 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 1.77 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4114 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 1.96 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4114 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 1.66 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4114 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 3.14 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.86 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 4113 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 2.74 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 3.25 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 2.69 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 2.54 km N of Helena, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002diu. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:16 AM UTC.