Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 1 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 1 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma on Fri, Aug 26, 2016, 11:38 PM CDT (04:38 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 8 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-08-27 04:38:48 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.493° N, 97.257° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
50°
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: 130 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.21 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 3.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
  4. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.13 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.810 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.68 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 3.44 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 17
  10. 2.64 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.75 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.75 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 79
  14. 2.74 km ESE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 13
  16. 3.0Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 46
  17. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.78 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.94 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 31
  21. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 2.04 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 3.26 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 35
  24. 3.24 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 64
  25. 2.73 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  26. 1.94 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 2.81 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 2.55 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 1.94 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 2.04 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  31. 3.16 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 19
  32. 2.76 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 3.19 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.71 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 2.64 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.83 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 2.65 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 14
  40. 2.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 2.84 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 108
  43. 3.25 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 11
  44. 3.15 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
  45. 2.55 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  46. 3.51 km WSW of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1,327
  47. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  48. 3.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 12
  49. 3.1Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 9
  50. 1.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 3.211 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 6
  52. 2.86 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.76 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
  54. 2.76 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 2.57 km NNE of Ninnekah, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 8
  56. 2.60 km E of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 2.46 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  58. 2.57 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 9
  60. 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of 130.

Before

  1. 2.410 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.55 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.36 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 15
  4. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.711 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.73 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3685 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.78 km WSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3685 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.51 km WSW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.71 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.83 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3687 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.94 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3687 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.53 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3687 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.42 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3687 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 2.62 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 2.83 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.02 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 517
  19. 3.33 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 13
  20. 2.910 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006ug8. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 1:29 AM UTC.