Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 2 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 2 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma on Wed, Jul 6, 2016, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC), 6 km (3 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
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-07-07 03:21:04 UTC
Depth
5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.790° N, 96.991° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Carney.

From the USGS event page for us100061hn. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.0 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
54°
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.83 km SW of Cole, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.83 km SW of Cole, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
  3. 2.53 km NE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.13 km SW of Cole, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.54 km NE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3739 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
  6. 2.56 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3739 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.84 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3739 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.53 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3739 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.54 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3739 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 3.43 km NE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3739 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 8
  11. 2.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 3.06 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.610 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
  14. 3.63 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 8
  15. 2.93 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 3.14 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.43 km NE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.59 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 2.73 km NE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.510 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 3.14 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.67 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 2.53 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 2.83 km NNE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 33
  25. 2.77 km W of Meeker, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.72 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 2.03 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  28. 3.43 km WSW of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 11
  29. 2.70 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 3.03 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 2.84 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 3.17 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  34. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 2.60 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  36. 4.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 970
  37. 3.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.85 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 3.14 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
  41. 2.76 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.57 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 2.34 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.69 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 3.210 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  48. 2.58 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 2.54 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 3.2Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.60 km ENE of Cimarron City, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 9
  53. 2.99 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.53 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  55. 3.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  56. 2.48 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 2.67 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  58. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.5Oklahoma · 3741 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.66 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3741 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.62 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3741 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.67 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3741 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.52 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3741 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 3.24 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.71 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.01 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 2.61 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.99 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.01 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.94 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.76 km N of Agra, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.93 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.43 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3744 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.61 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3744 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 3.42 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3744 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.88 km ESE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.71 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100061hn. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:21 PM UTC.