Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 6 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma on Fri, Mar 4, 2016, 1:10 AM CST (07:10 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 3 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-03-04 07:10:28 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.929° N, 96.738° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
66°
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: 167 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.63 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 3.03 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.78 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.42 km NNE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 8
  7. 3.78 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 12
  8. 3.09 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.917 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.03 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.611 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 3.13 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.23 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
  19. 3.13 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
  20. 2.65 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.46 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.25 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.63 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  28. 3.35 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 2.60 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 3.15 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  31. 2.55 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.94 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 3.06 km WSW of Meeker, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  35. 3.48 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
  36. 3.37 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 3.26 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 2.54 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 2.46 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  41. 2.6Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 7
  42. 2.60 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 6
  43. 2.10 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.66 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 3.04 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.26 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.5Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 2.511 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 2.913 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 4.24 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 726
  56. 3.64 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 31
  57. 2.810 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.85 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 11
  59. 2.513 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 3.04 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away

The first 60 of 167.

Before

  1. 3.08 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.68 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 3.45 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 8
  4. 2.46 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.86 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.54 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.78 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.94 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  11. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 48
  12. 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.68 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.46 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 3.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 17
  18. 3.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 8
  19. 2.53 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.65 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004um1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:12 AM UTC.