M3.3 earthquake 14 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma on Tue, Nov 8, 2016, 2:27 PM CST (20:27 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 4 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-08 20:27:05 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.416° N, 97.353° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 12
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
12 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.8 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 36°
- 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: 186 in the 60 days after this one and 156 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.514 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.22 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 3.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 41
- 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.76 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.72 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 2.64 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3610 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.38 km WSW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3610 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 3.13 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3610 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 11
- 2.713 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3610 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 2.63 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3609 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 10
- 2.51 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.611 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 2.411 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 2.63 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
- 3.33 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.37 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3608 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3608 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.58 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 1.67 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3607 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3607 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.610 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 7
- 1.65 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.36 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 7
- 2.96 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.66 km N of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
- 3.05 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 24
- 2.73 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km SE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.611 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3604 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.56 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.54 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.79 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
- 2.45 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.61 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.53 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.23 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 2.62 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
- 3.52 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 53
The first 60 of 186.
Before
- 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.52 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
- 1.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.62 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 107
- 3.02 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 469
- 2.51 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 5.03 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 11,428
- 3.09 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 39
- 2.57 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.47 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 41
- 2.62 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 2.98 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
- 3.36 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 18
- 3.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 11
- 2.62 km N of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.05 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
- 1.96 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3617 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3617 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100076bv. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:07 PM UTC.