M3.0 earthquake 2 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 2 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 27, 2015, 8:42 AM CDT (13:42 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 6 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-27 13:42:47 UTC
- Depth
- 3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.903° N, 97.910° 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 IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- 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
- 3.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.47 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 2.621 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 7
- 1.810 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.76 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
- 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.16 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.68 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.57 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 9
- 3.012 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.010 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3968 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.916 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.47 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.67 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.55 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3967 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.60 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.73 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.8Kansas · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.64 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7Kansas · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.79 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
- 2.710 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.411 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 1.97 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3966 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3966 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 1.5Kansas · 3966 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.612 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3966 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.17 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
- 2.59 km WSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003pi3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC.