Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 7 km SE of Orlando, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 7 km SE of Orlando, Oklahoma on Wed, May 20, 2015, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 6 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-05-21 02:29:13 UTC
Depth
5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.109° N, 97.311° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Stillwater.

From the USGS event page for us10002b6l. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
66°
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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 187 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.34 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4151 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
  2. 2.77 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4151 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.65 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4151 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.5Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 3.25 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.47 km SW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.75 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 15
  8. 1.97 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.37 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.2Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.24 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.76 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 8
  13. 2.35 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 3.210 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.47 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
  18. 3.02 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.63 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 3.03 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  21. 3.02 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.5Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 3.07 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
  24. 2.14 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.57 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  26. 3.18 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
  27. 2.52 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 11
  28. 2.67 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 3.17 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.57 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 1.83 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 3.010 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 9
  33. 3.59 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 37
  34. 2.75 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 2.57 km S of Meno, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 2.56 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 2.53 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.54 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  39. 2.72 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 2.48 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.3Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.211 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.55 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 3.17 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  45. 3.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 15
  46. 3.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 6
  47. 3.33 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 6
  48. 2.54 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 2.73 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  50. 3.06 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  51. 3.03 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 3.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
  53. 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 2.96 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 2.66 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 2.65 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 2.86 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  58. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  59. 3.73 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 6
  60. 2.89 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.67 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.73 km ESE of Quay, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.78 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.87 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 2.610 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.67 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.96 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.95 km S of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.69 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.92 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
  12. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.02 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.56 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.56 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 3.58 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 56
  17. 2.87 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.87 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 3.07 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 18
  20. 2.69 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002b6l. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:22 PM UTC.