Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 5 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 5 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 7:41 AM CST (13:41 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 8 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-01-16 13:41:31 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.489° N, 99.085° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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 4.1 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
197°, 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: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.47 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  2. 3.19 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 3.86 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 50
  4. 3.15 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  5. 3.63 km SE of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 43
  6. 3.45 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
  7. 2.86 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.95 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.77 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 3.113 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.66 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.85 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.06 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.83 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.87 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 3.07 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.94 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4262 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 3.65 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4262 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 14
  19. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4262 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.99 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4259 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.79 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4259 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  22. 3.58 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4258 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 13
  23. 3.86 km SSE of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4258 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 13
  24. 2.76 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4258 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  25. 3.06 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4258 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 3.17 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.28 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
  28. 2.63 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 2.95 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  30. 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 2.83 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 3.44 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 9
  33. 2.54 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.76 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 4.28 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 289
  36. 2.79 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.55 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 2.99 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  40. 3.43 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 9
  41. 3.13 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 2.86 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.96 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 5
  44. 2.510 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 3.09 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.75 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 2.84 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 2.613 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.63 km SW of Carrier, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.65 km NNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4246 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 3.59 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4245 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
  53. 2.711 km SE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4244 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 3.65 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4244 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 13
  55. 2.66 km NNW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 4244 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 3.42 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4243 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  57. 3.22 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4243 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.7Oklahoma · 4243 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.61 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4243 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.913 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4242 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of 94.

Before

  1. 2.75 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.34 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4279 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
  3. 2.60 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4279 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.57 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4280 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.52 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4281 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.510 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.63 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.6Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.66 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 3.01 km NW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 12
  11. 2.717 km SW of Hardtner, Kansas · 4285 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.68 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 3.013 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.56 km NNW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.52 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.74 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.54 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.13 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4287 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 3.5Oklahoma · 4287 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.613 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4289 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tgdp. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC.