Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Sat, May 28, 2016, 8:52 AM CDT (13:52 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-05-28 13:52:50 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.672° N, 97.397° 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.0 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
34°
Stations used
44

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 174.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005yuk. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC.