Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 9 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 9 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 20, 2015, 4:21 AM CDT (09:21 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 3 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-09-20 09:21:18 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.526° N, 98.985° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.3 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
220°, 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: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.13 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 8
  2. 3.84 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 8
  3. 3.3Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.39 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.710 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.58 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.59 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 3.21 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 3.42 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.62 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 3.24 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.94 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.95 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.81 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.74 km W of Fairview, OK · 4013 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.66 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 2.98 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  23. 2.69 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.72 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 3.08 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  28. 3.15 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 2.7Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 2.54 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 3.35 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 2.56 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 3.3Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.69 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4010 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 2.924 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4010 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 2.87 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 2.510 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 3.55 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 14
  40. 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 2.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 2.710 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  44. 2.611 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 2.73 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 3.03 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 2.611 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 3.42 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 5
  49. 3.84 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 3.06 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 2.56 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  53. 4.412 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1,094
  54. 3.512 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 12
  55. 3.36 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  56. 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  57. 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  59. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  60. 2.512 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 125.

Before

  1. 2.513 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.612 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.58 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.86 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.67 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.76 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.86 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.56 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.713 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 3.79 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 12
  11. 3.611 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.410 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.56 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.75 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.810 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.912 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.64 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.74 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 3.04 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003m5e. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:49 PM UTC.