M2.6 earthquake 13 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 13 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Sat, Jan 3, 2015, 3:53 PM CST (21:53 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 5 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-03 21:53:23 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.875° N, 98.115° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- 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
- 1.5Kansas · 4237 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.35 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4237 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 3.34 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4237 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.55 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.17 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.06 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4237 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.92 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 3.64 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 17
- 2.43 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.53 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.42 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.13 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.27 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.03 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.33 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.03 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4237 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.93 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.84 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
- 2.68 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4236 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.87 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.94 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4236 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.97 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.59 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4236 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
- 2.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.96 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4236 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
- 2.113 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.65 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4236 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.33 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.93 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.02 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.711 km SE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.512 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.65 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 13
- 2.66 km NNW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.56 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.82 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.52 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4234 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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