M2.6 earthquake Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Fri, Nov 27, 2015, 8:43 AM CST (14:43 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 10 km W of Medford, 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
- 2015-11-27 14:43:19 UTC
- Depth
- 8.3 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.661° N, 98.463° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- 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
- 3.010 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.111 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3917 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3916 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 3.02 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 3.10 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 3
- 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.815 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
- 3.30 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 2.70 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.210 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3915 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3915 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.97 km N of Harper, KS · 3914 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.77 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3913 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.97 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km SSW of Argonia, Kansas · 3913 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.66 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.87 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 4.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 16
- 3.27 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 3.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
- 1.96 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3911 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 71
- 4.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2,713
- 2.618 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 24
- 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 7
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 13
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.517 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.416 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 13
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.917 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 2.613 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.820 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 3.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 11
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.916 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 3.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 24
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.63 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3910 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.49 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100041qv. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 1:22 AM UTC.