Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 14 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma on Tue, Aug 16, 2016, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 6 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-08-17 02:38:53 UTC
Depth
8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.415° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.0 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
61°
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. 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 3.05 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.63 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.86 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.52 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 1.814 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.56 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.5Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.51 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 2.47 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
  23. 1.79 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  24. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 3.2Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.01 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3655 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.65 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 2.75 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 1.61 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3655 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 2.3Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.76 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  34. 2.91 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 6
  35. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  37. 1.85 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3655 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 2.114 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  39. 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  41. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 1.54 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 2.75 km SSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  47. 3.96 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 129
  48. 2.33 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 2.55 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  51. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 2.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.86 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 3.15 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
  56. 2.311 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 2.71 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
  58. 3.21 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 18
  59. 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006ebi. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:38 AM UTC.