Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 6 km WSW of Vera, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km WSW of Vera, Oklahoma on Thu, Sep 3, 2015, 12:26 PM CDT (17:26 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 2 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-09-03 17:26:48 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.428° N, 95.949° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
132°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.57 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.57 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.82 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.82 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.54 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 3.72 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 55
  8. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.74 km NW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.65 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.11 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.63 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.73 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.21 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.31 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.24 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.54 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  24. 3.22 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 7
  25. 3.02 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 2.52 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 4.13 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 93
  29. 2.42 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  30. 3.11 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
  31. 3.02 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  32. 3.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 7
  33. 2.82 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.92 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.71 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.80 km E of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.61 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 3.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 9
  40. 2.53 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.61 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.81 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  43. 2.52 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 4.01 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 156
  45. 2.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 3.12 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 10
  47. 2.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 2.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 2.34 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  51. 3.62 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 3.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 9
  53. 2.53 km SE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.911 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 2.61 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 2.63 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
  57. 3.16 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 3.26 km NNW of Stroud, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.81 km ENE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 3.0Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 2.610 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.34 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 8
  3. 2.64 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 3.04 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
  5. 3.44 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 10
  6. 2.93 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4040 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
  7. 2.24 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4042 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.34 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4042 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.75 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4042 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.66 km NNE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4050 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.713 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4054 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.72 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4062 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.35 km NW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4063 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.75 km NW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.98 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003g0p. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC.