Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 7 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 7 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Wed, May 20, 2015, 9:27 AM CDT (14:27 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 7 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-05-20 14:27:50 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.514° N, 98.999° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
228°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.84 km SSW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.88 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.65 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.63 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 3.07 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.96 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.96 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 3.08 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.57 km S of Meno, Oklahoma · 4135 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.78 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4133 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 3.19 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4132 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.710 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.96 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.55 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.05 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.810 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.89 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 2.513 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 3.210 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4129 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.611 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4128 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 2.96 km NNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4128 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 3.310 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.02 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 3.919 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 9
  28. 1.62 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 3.36 km W of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.54 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 2.612 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 4122 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  32. 3.016 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4121 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 2.66 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 2.61 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 2.911 km SW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 2.8Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 2.96 km WSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 2.511 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 3.117 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
  40. 2.513 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  41. 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  42. 2.95 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4115 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 2.85 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 3.25 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 2.54 km N of Helena, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 2.75 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 2.510 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4111 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 2.5Oklahoma · 4110 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 2.51 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4109 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 3.45 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4109 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.910 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4109 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 3.14 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4108 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.87 km E of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 4106 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 3.56 km W of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4106 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
  55. 2.96 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4105 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 3.42 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4105 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 2.910 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.64 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4102 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 2.910 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4102 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 82.

Before

  1. 3.37 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.97 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.010 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 2.611 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.910 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.85 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 3.412 km WSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.65 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.97 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.56 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.58 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4151 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.62 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.86 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.69 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 3.34 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 6
  19. 2.75 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 3.17 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002aw9. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.