Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 9 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 9 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma on Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 5:26 AM CDT (10:26 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 4 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-27 10:26:57 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.399° N, 98.543° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
57°
Stations used
48

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 165 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.01 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 3646 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.84 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.76 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 1.66 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3646 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 1.77 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 3.16 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 10
  10. 3.35 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 5
  11. 2.44 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.68 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 6
  13. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 9
  14. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 3.05 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  17. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.64 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  22. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.7Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 2.37 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.65 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 2.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 3.05 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.63 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 2.76 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  35. 3.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 2.79 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.912 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  39. 3.34 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 34
  40. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 2.58 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 3.26 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.56 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 2.85 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.5Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 2.5Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.57 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  51. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 2.76 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 1.74 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3628 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 2.64 km W of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
  56. 2.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 3.18 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  58. 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 2.65 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  60. 2.813 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of 165.

Before

  1. 2.75 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 3.89 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 29
  3. 1.91 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3648 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.513 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.75 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.55 km SSE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 3.15 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.86 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.55 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 3.96 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 129
  16. 2.75 km SSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.54 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006t49. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:26 AM UTC.