Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 8 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 8 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Sun, Apr 17, 2016, 12:19 PM CDT (17:19 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 5 km W of Quay, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-04-17 17:19:36 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.736° N, 97.361° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
47°
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: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.75 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.65 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.97 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.65 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.67 km NW of Marland, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 3.34 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.510 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.014 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.11 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.82 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 3.07 km W of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.52 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.87 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 2.57 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 3.67 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 45
  20. 2.8Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  21. 3.64 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 90
  22. 2.94 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  23. 3.01 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 2.87 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  25. 3.07 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
  26. 2.97 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.75 km W of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 65
  28. 2.94 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 2.94 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
  31. 3.04 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  32. 2.6Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 3.08 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  34. 2.68 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 2.58 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.54 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 3.09 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 2.77 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 3.43 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  40. 3.45 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.7Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 3.23 km NNE of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 35
  43. 2.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 3.14 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 14
  45. 3.0Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.6Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 2.84 km N of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 3.14 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.74 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  52. 2.21 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
  53. 2.94 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.75 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  55. 2.65 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  57. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.73 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.75 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 176.

Before

  1. 2.52 km ENE of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.62 km NNE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3810 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.17 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3810 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.69 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 2.59 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 3.08 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.89 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3813 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3814 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 3.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3814 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.88 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3815 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.61 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 2.62 km NE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.62 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 6
  14. 3.17 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 14
  15. 3.05 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.02 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.81 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.83 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 3.12 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005j8m. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC.