M3.1 earthquake 17 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 17 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Mon, Jun 15, 2015, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 2 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-16 03:59:15 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.511° N, 98.706° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people 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 3.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- 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
- 1.55 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.65 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.88 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.90 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.31 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.61 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 3.05 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.84 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.75 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.65 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4093 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.96 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4093 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.628 km SSE of Coldwater, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.729 km NNW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 4093 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.61 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.628 km SE of Protection, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.71 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.30 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.90 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 4092 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.52 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
- 2.66 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.51 km SW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.79 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 67
- 1.67 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4091 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.75 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 3.12 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4090 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.76 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4089 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km WSW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4089 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.55 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.65 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4088 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km SE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 1.72 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4086 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.84 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4086 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.812 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.63 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.62 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
- 2.59 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.44 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4085 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.02 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4084 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.63 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4084 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.02 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4084 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.84 km WNW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4083 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.08 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4083 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4083 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.86 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4082 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.12 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.81 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4082 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.93 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4082 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002q6c. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.