Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 9 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 9 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Tue, Sep 22, 2015, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-09-22 23:54:40 UTC
Depth
8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.483° N, 98.951° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
164°
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: 142 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 3.21 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 3.42 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.62 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 3.24 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.94 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.95 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.81 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.74 km W of Fairview, OK · 4013 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.66 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.98 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 2.69 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.72 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 3.08 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
  19. 3.15 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.7Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 2.54 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 3.35 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  23. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.56 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 3.3Oklahoma · 4010 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.69 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4010 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 2.924 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4010 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 2.87 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 2.510 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 3.55 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 14
  31. 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 2.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 2.710 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 2.611 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 2.73 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  37. 3.03 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 2.611 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 3.42 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
  40. 3.84 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 3.06 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 2.56 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  44. 4.412 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1,094
  45. 3.512 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 12
  46. 3.36 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  47. 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
  48. 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  50. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 2.512 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.811 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.97 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 2.624 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  56. 2.55 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3992 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 3.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3992 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 2.87 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3991 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 2.85 km NE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3990 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 2.58 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3989 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of 142.

Before

  1. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.58 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.710 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.39 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.3Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.84 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 8
  8. 3.13 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 8
  9. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.513 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.612 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.58 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.86 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.67 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.76 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.86 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.56 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.713 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 3.79 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 12
  20. 3.611 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003ncw. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:52 PM UTC.