M2.7 earthquake 2 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 2 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma on Sat, Mar 21, 2015, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 6 km W of Langston, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-22 02:50:15 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.474° N, 97.163° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.4 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- 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: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.57 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.72 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.06 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.72 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.32 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 3.39 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 13
- 2.94 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.69 km NNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.85 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.76 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 3.46 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 2.01 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.02 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.82 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.611 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 2.911 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.73 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.74 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.311 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
- 3.312 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.62 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 24
- 1.57 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.82 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.66 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 3.011 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.66 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.97 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 12
- 2.76 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.910 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.711 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 20
- 1.63 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.97 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.33 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.511 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 3.213 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
- 2.55 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 3.78 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 18
- 3.26 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 1.99 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.19 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.29 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.88 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.011 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 24
- 3.56 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
- 2.613 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.99 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Caldwell, KS · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.00 km NNE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 3.21 km NNE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.12 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.510 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.44 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 6
- 3.04 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
- 2.79 km ESE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.911 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 34
- 2.73 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.910 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
- 2.57 km E of Nash, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.713 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4212 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.21 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4212 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001pis. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:06 AM UTC.