Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 4 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 4 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma on Thu, Jul 7, 2016, 12:29 PM CDT (17:29 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-07-07 17:29:27 UTC
Depth
7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.886° N, 97.320° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.4 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
132°
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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 127 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.38 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3733 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.5Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.7Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 1.99 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3732 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 3.06 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.06 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.610 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.78 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 9
  9. 1.88 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3731 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.56 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.59 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.510 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.62 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3730 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.5Kansas · 3730 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.67 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.98 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3728 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.14 km NNE of Freeport, Kansas · 3728 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.27 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 3.03 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 2.86 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 1.711 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 2.55 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 2.25 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3726 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 2.15 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3726 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3726 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 1.65 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3726 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 2.35 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3726 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 1.56 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  33. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 2.60 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  35. 4.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 970
  36. 3.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 2.85 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 3.14 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
  40. 2.76 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.57 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 2.34 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.69 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 3.210 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.66 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 3722 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 3.48 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 2.58 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 2.54 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 3.2Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 1.92 km NE of Freeport, Kansas · 3721 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 2.93 km WNW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 2.99 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.5Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 2.53 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  58. 1.51 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 3720 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 2.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 3.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.5Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.6Kansas · 3734 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.62 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.67 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 3.510 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas · 3735 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  6. 3.24 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.612 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3736 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3736 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.812 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.0Kansas · 3736 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.810 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas · 3736 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.69 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas · 3736 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.96 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.94 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.66 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3737 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.89 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3737 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.56 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3737 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.43 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100061nf. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:04 AM UTC.