Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 5 km NNE of Perkins, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Perkins, Oklahoma on Tue, Sep 15, 2015, 1:17 AM CDT (06:17 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-09-15 06:17:58 UTC
Depth
4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.017° N, 97.001° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 6.5 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 126 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.99 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.910 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.52 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 3.03 km NE of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
  5. 3.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 12
  6. 2.82 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.82 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.54 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 3.72 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 55
  11. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.74 km NW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.65 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.11 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.63 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.67 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.73 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  22. 3.21 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  23. 3.31 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.24 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  25. 3.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 2.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 2.54 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 2.59 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 2.89 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 3.22 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 7
  34. 3.02 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 2.52 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 2.89 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  37. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  38. 4.13 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 93
  39. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 3.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  41. 2.42 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.810 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.812 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 3.11 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 6
  45. 3.02 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  46. 3.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 7
  47. 2.82 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.92 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  50. 2.71 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 2.80 km E of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.07 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.61 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 3.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 9
  57. 2.27 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  58. 3.14 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.96 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.8Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.610 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 3.03 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.96 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.76 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.38 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.610 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.12 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 3.22 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
  12. 2.72 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.610 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.86 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  15. 3.18 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 21
  16. 2.0Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.75 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
  18. 3.24 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 7
  19. 2.710 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.78 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003jzn. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC.