M2.6 earthquake 8 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 8 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Sat, Jan 2, 2016, 1:26 PM CST (19:26 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 8 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-02 19:26:13 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.743° N, 97.357° 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 II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.7 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- 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
- 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
- 2.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 36
- 2.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
- 3.66 km S of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 8
- 2.04 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 4
- 2.86 km S of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 6
- 2.36 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
- 2.1Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.97 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 3.313 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 14
- 2.96 km SE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.51 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SSE of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 54
- 3.08 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 13
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 12
- 2.55 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
- 2.813 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
- 3.02 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 3.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 28
- 2.66 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 9
- 2.812 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
- 2.85 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 35
- 2.86 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 11
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 45
- 3.15 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 7
- 2.65 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 10
- 2.84 km SSE of Chandler, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 4
- 2.610 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.511 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.12 km E of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 3.48 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 6
- 2.57 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.77 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 2.58 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.07 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
- 2.68 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.811 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 7
- 2.88 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.14 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 33
- 3.59 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 72
- 2.611 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 2.35 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.8Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 2.14 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 8
- 2.76 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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