M2.9 earthquake 4 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 4 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma on Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 3 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-28 19:49:52 UTC
- Depth
- 6.7 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.393° N, 98.295° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people 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 2.8 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94 km SW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 2.711 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.53 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.911 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.812 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 3.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.621 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7
- 1.76 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.16 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.68 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.57 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 9
- 3.012 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.916 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.47 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.67 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.55 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3968 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.60 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.73 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.64 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.79 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.710 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.411 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 1.97 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3966 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.5Kansas · 3966 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.17 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
The first 60 of 200.
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