Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 6 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 6 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 9, 2015, 1:29 AM CDT (06:29 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 13 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-03-09 06:29:06 UTC
Depth
8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.513° N, 99.023° 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 3.0 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
233°, 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: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.82 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4214 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.69 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4214 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.67 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.57 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.513 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.67 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.71 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.5Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 3.113 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.86 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.85 km SW of Nash, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 3.011 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.622 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 2.66 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.712 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.79 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4204 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.57 km E of Nash, Oklahoma · 4204 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 3.27 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.58 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4203 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  23. 2.55 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 2.68 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 2.68 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 3.611 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.911 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4202 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 2.74 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  29. 3.311 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  30. 3.312 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 3.011 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4201 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 3.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
  33. 3.08 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  34. 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 3.37 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 2.77 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 2.58 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 3.17 km ENE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  42. 4.011 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 24
  43. 2.613 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 3.211 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  45. 2.510 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4200 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 2.512 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4199 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 2.56 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4199 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 2.8Oklahoma · 4199 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.211 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4198 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
  50. 2.58 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4198 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  51. 2.96 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4197 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  52. 3.47 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  53. 3.16 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  54. 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 2.610 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4196 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 2.67 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  57. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 2.56 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4195 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 2.78 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4194 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away

The first 60 of 146.

Before

  1. 2.86 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.711 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.39 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.74 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 3.29 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 3.19 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.79 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.89 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.71 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4225 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.61 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4226 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.614 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4226 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.83 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4228 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 3.33 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4228 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
  16. 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4229 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.83 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4230 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.74 km NNW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 3.15 km W of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.913 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000twpr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:40 PM UTC.