Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 6 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma on Sat, Oct 29, 2016, 6:49 AM CDT (11:49 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 8 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-10-29 11:49:25 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.568° N, 97.395° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
66°
Stations used
45

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. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 2.42 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.02 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 7
  4. 4.47 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3,256
  5. 2.65 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.76 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.10 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.86 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.86 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 14
  11. 2.95 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.72 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.74 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.67 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 3.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
  17. 2.51 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.27 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.57 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 1.96 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.05 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 2.62 km N of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 3.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 11
  26. 3.36 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 18
  27. 2.98 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
  28. 2.62 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  29. 3.47 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 41
  30. 2.57 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 3.09 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 39
  32. 5.03 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 11,428
  33. 2.51 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  34. 3.02 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 469
  35. 2.62 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 107
  36. 3.17 km SSE of Milton, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 34
  37. 2.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 1.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 2.52 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 6
  40. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  41. 3.314 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 12
  42. 2.514 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 1.68 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3604 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 2.22 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  45. 3.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 41
  46. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 2.76 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.72 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.64 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 2.38 km WSW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  52. 3.13 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 11
  53. 2.713 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.6Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  56. 2.63 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 2.611 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.411 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  60. 2.63 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 7

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100072y8. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:53 AM UTC.