Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 6 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Sat, Oct 24, 2015, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 10 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-10-24 22:25:33 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.513° N, 99.070° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
196°, 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: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.010 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.68 km SSE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.520 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 3.37 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.56 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.79 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 3.13 km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 7
  8. 2.75 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 3.35 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.63 km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.77 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.82 km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.719 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.710 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.610 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 3.26 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.520 km W of Hardtner, Kansas · 3975 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3974 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 3.08 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  24. 3.76 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
  25. 2.711 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 3.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 2.621 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  28. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.68 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 2.916 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 3.47 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.67 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  34. 2.54 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 3.17 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
  36. 2.8Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
  37. 4.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 447
  38. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 6
  39. 2.68 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  40. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 2.64 km NNE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.59 km SE of Waldron, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 2.76 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 4.74 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5,355
  46. 2.64 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 13
  47. 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 12
  48. 2.825 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 2.54 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 3.35 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 45
  51. 2.95 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 17
  52. 2.65 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 10
  53. 2.54 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  55. 2.63 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  56. 3.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 8
  57. 3.414 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
  58. 2.54 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 2.62 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 173.

Before

  1. 2.58 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3990 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.85 km NE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3990 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.87 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 3.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3992 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.55 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.624 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.97 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  13. 3.36 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  14. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.56 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 3.84 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 3.42 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
  18. 2.611 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 3.03 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.73 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004fpg. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:51 AM UTC.