M2.9 earthquake 6 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 6 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma on Fri, Oct 2, 2015, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 10 km NE 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
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-02 23:50:16 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.254° N, 97.235° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.6 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- 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
- 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.79 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.48 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.611 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 67
- 3.110 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.610 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.48 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 2.514 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 2.58 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
- 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.410 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.92 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.910 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.54 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 24
- 2.74 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.06 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.76 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
- 2.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.37 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.94 km SW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 3.53 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.911 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.812 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 2.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.47 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 3.33 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
- 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
- 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.16 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.57 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 9
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003jxl. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:09 AM UTC.