Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 5 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Tue, May 5, 2015, 7:42 AM CDT (12:42 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 5 km SSE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-05-05 12:42:38 UTC
Depth
11.2 km (6.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.506° N, 99.057° 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 3.8 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
237°, 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: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.65 km SSE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4158 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4158 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.96 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4158 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.112 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 3.512 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.64 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.612 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4157 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.612 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.57 km SSW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.95 km SSE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 3.36 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.78 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 3.26 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4156 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.54 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 3.17 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.75 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 3.34 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 6
  18. 2.69 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.86 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 2.62 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  21. 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4151 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 2.58 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 2.56 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  25. 2.97 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
  26. 2.65 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 3.412 km WSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.85 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  29. 2.910 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 2.611 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 3.010 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.97 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 3.37 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.97 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  36. 2.84 km SSW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 2.88 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.65 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 2.63 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  41. 3.07 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  42. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
  43. 2.96 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 2.96 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 3.08 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  46. 2.57 km S of Meno, Oklahoma · 4135 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 2.78 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4133 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  48. 3.19 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4132 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  49. 2.710 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.96 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.55 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.05 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.810 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.89 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 2.513 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 3.210 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4129 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 2.611 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4128 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  59. 2.96 km NNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4128 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 3.310 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 92.

Before

  1. 2.510 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.83 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.86 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.63 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4159 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4160 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4160 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 3.08 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4160 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.82 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4160 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4160 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.86 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4160 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.72 km SSE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4161 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.85 km ESE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4162 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.98 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4162 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.58 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4162 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 3.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4163 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 9
  16. 2.55 km E of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4163 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.62 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4164 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.02 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.78 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.76 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002bv1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC.