M2.8 earthquake Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Sat, Nov 14, 2015, 5:43 PM CST (23:43 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 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
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-14 23:43:12 UTC
- Depth
- 2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.800° N, 98.676° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 6
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.2 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- 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
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.35 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3938 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.02 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3938 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.22 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3937 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3937 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.08 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.06 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3937 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.07 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3936 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.07 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3936 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.53 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.71 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3936 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.67 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.12 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 3.38 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.212 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.97 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.89 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3932 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 9
- 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3931 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.87 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.36 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.14 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3931 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3931 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3930 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.520 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.713 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3928 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.86 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3928 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.98 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3928 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3928 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.310 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
The first 60 of 200.
Earthquakes todayOklahoma earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003yf2. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC.