M2.8 earthquake 6 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 6:26 AM CDT (11:26 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 6 km ENE of Nescatunga, 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
- 2015-09-19 11:26:53 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.763° N, 98.078° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 7.3 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
- 1.57 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.17 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.07 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.27 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.111 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.710 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.35 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 7
- 2.610 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.17 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.08 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.26 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.13 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
- 2.17 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.37 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3975 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.010 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 1.57 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.68 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.04 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3975 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 3.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3975 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3975 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.510 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.520 km W of Hardtner, Kansas · 3974 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.910 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.58 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.88 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.79 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.66 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3973 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3972 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.55 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 20
- 3.014 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
- 2.510 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.912 km WSW of Norwich, Kansas · 3972 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
- 4.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 235
- 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.79 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.67 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3972 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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