Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 6 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma on Tue, May 31, 2016, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 7 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-06-01 03:04:53 UTC
Depth
7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.889° N, 97.387° 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 II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
118°
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. 1.57 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3755 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.77 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3755 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 1.67 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3755 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 3.27 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3755 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.97 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3755 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.57 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3755 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 1.57 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3755 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.77 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3754 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.08 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.79 km E of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.87 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3753 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.37 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3753 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.82 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3753 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.5Oklahoma · 3753 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.84 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3753 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.47 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.07 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.15 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.55 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.67 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3751 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.07 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3751 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 2.27 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3751 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 1.97 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3751 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 2.75 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 2.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3751 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 2.97 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.17 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.12 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 2.04 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 3.02 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.86 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3749 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3749 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3749 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 1.610 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3747 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 2.75 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3747 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 2.64 km NE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3747 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 2.62 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3746 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3746 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  40. 2.77 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3746 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3745 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 2.74 km NE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3744 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 2.512 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3744 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.65 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3744 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 2.53 km NW of Anthony, Kansas · 3744 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
  46. 2.0Kansas · 3744 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 1.65 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3743 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 2.57 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 2.47 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.48 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  51. 2.95 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 2.55 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  53. 1.58 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3742 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 1.53 km NW of Anthony, Kansas · 3742 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 1.85 km ENE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3742 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 3.38 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3741 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 3.14 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3740 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  60. 2.67 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3740 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005zi8. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 8:57 PM UTC.