Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 8 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 8 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma on Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 6:10 AM CDT (11:10 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 10 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-09-10 11:10:53 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.549° N, 96.755° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Location uncertainty
About 3.1 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
65°
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: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.110 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.84 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.710 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.24 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 7
  5. 2.75 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.0Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 3.18 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 21
  8. 2.86 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.610 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4027 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.72 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 3.22 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
  12. 3.12 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  13. 3.38 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4026 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
  14. 3.03 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.610 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.8Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.65 km NNE of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.99 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.910 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.52 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 3.03 km NE of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
  22. 3.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 12
  23. 2.82 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
  24. 2.82 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.54 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 3.72 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 55
  28. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.74 km NW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  30. 2.65 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  31. 2.11 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 1.63 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  33. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  35. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 2.73 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  38. 3.21 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.31 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.24 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 2.54 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 2.59 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  45. 3.22 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
  46. 3.02 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 2.52 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 2.89 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 4.13 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 93
  51. 2.42 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.812 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 3.11 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
  54. 3.02 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  55. 3.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
  56. 2.82 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.92 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  58. 2.71 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.80 km E of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 3.310 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
  2. 3.510 km SSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 17
  3. 3.310 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.57 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.610 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.57 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.17 km SE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.57 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.612 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.78 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003hu9. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC.