M3.4 earthquake 13 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas on Wed, Aug 26, 2015, 2:33 AM CDT (07:33 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 12 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-26 07:33:07 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.884° N, 98.134° 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 II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.4 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- 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
- 3.010 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4003 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4003 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 4003 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4002 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.07 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.56 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 3.48 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.07 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.38 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 9
- 2.22 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4001 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 3.110 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 1.77 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.57 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.88 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.412 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1,094
- 1.88 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.77 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.37 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.512 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 12
- 1.6Kansas · 4000 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.36 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 1.98 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.07 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.07 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.52 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 12
- 1.84 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.57 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.08 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.78 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.28 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.76 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.95 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.18 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.96 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.511 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
- 2.75 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.78 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.24 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 2.38 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100034yz. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC.