Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 9 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 9 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Tue, Sep 22, 2015, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 1 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-09-22 21:47:06 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.525° N, 98.980° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
180°
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: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.59 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 3.21 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 3.42 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.62 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 3.24 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.94 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.95 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.81 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.74 km W of Fairview, OK · 4013 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.66 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 2.98 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  16. 2.69 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 1.72 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.08 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  21. 3.15 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 2.7Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 2.54 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 3.35 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  26. 2.56 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 3.3Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.69 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 2.924 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4010 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 2.87 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 2.510 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 3.55 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 14
  33. 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 2.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 2.710 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 2.611 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 2.73 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 3.03 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 2.611 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  41. 3.42 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
  42. 3.84 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 3.06 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.56 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  46. 4.412 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1,094
  47. 3.512 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 12
  48. 3.36 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  49. 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
  50. 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  52. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 2.512 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.811 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  55. 2.97 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 2.624 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 2.55 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3992 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 3.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3992 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  60. 2.87 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 144.

Before

  1. 2.58 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.710 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.39 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.3Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.84 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 8
  6. 3.13 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 8
  7. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 2.513 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.612 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.58 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.86 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.67 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.76 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.86 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.56 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.713 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 3.79 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 12
  18. 3.611 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  19. 3.410 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.56 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003nbg. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC.