M3.1 earthquake 2 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 2 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Mon, Dec 14, 2015, 7:07 PM CST (01:07 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 7 km WSW of Wakita, 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
- 2015-12-15 01:07:48 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.746° N, 98.127° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.5 km horizontally, 6.9 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
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km NE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.86 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.86 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.19 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 3.57 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
- 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.57 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, KS · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.8Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 27
- 2.54 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.26 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
- 1.83 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 3900 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.74 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 3.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 3.817 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 13
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.33 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
- 2.59 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.02 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.84 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.56 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.96 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.86 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.010 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.83 km N of Freeport, Kansas · 3897 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.43 km N of Freeport, Kansas · 3897 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
- 1.97 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.87 km N of Manchester, OK · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.56 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 3.08 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
- 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.76 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 10
- 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
- 3.16 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.57 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.54 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3896 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004h8c. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC.