Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 13 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 28, 2016, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 8 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-03-28 20:46:05 UTC
Depth
7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.427° N, 97.360° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
63°
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. 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.94 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.614 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.11 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.78 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.82 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 2.31 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.01 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.41 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.82 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.52 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.91 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3803 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.76 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3803 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 2.8Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 3.64 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 90
  23. 2.94 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 3.01 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.61 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.75 km W of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 65
  27. 2.94 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 2.94 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  30. 3.04 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 2.6Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 3.08 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  33. 2.68 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 2.58 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.811 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 3.07 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.54 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 2.77 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 3.43 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 3.45 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.7Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 2.011 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 1.611 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 2.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 3.14 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 14
  48. 3.0Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.6Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 3.211 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 2.72 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  53. 3.43 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3797 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 2.84 km N of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 3.01 km WSW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.61 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 3.14 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.99 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005cyj. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:31 AM UTC.