Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 10 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 10 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma on Sat, Jul 9, 2016, 7:50 AM CDT (12:50 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
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-07-09 12:50:17 UTC
Depth
5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.022° N, 97.516° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 6.8 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.78 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 9
  2. 3.63 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 8
  3. 2.93 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 3.14 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.56 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.59 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.510 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 3.14 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.67 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 2.53 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.77 km W of Meeker, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.72 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 2.03 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.27 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 3.43 km WSW of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 11
  16. 2.70 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 3.03 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.84 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.86 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.55 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 3.17 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 2.60 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  26. 4.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 970
  27. 3.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  29. 2.85 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 3.14 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 6
  31. 2.76 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.57 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 2.34 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.69 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 3.210 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  38. 3.48 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.58 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 2.54 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 3.2Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 2.60 km ENE of Cimarron City, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 9
  44. 2.93 km WNW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 2.99 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.53 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  47. 2.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 3.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.48 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  50. 2.67 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  51. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  52. 3.12 km WSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  55. 3.03 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  56. 2.6Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.54 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  58. 2.01 km NE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3716 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.57 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3716 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  60. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3716 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 3.06 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.06 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.7Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.54 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.53 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.84 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.56 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.94 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.82 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.5Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.66 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.62 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.67 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 2.52 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 3.24 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.71 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.01 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 2.61 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006279. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:00 AM UTC.