M3.3 earthquake 5 km NW of Quay, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 5 km NW of Quay, Oklahoma on Fri, Aug 7, 2015, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 4 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-08 01:48:09 UTC
- Depth
- 4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.200° N, 96.754° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 113°
- 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
- 2.69 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4041 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4041 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.09 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4040 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4040 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.93 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4040 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 6
- 2.62 km SSE of Marland, Oklahoma · 4040 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.77 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.97 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 3.44 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 10
- 2.85 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.56 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.94 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 3.04 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 6
- 2.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.64 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.89 km ESE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 2.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 3.34 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 8
- 2.94 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.83 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.610 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.66 km WSW of Vera, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.53 km W of Marland, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.64 km W of Marland, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.82 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 2.512 km SSE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 2.76 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.95 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.59 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.53 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.78 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.612 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.57 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.17 km SE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
- 2.610 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.310 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 3.510 km SSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 17
- 2.87 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.310 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
- 2.98 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 3.110 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.84 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.78 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 2.710 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.24 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 7
- 2.75 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
- 2.0Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.18 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 21
- 2.86 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 2.610 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
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