Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 12 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 12 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma on Thu, Feb 25, 2016, 4:17 AM CST (10:17 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 4 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-02-25 10:17:10 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.780° N, 97.479° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
70°
Stations used
60

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 188 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 188.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004sjm. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:43 AM UTC.