Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 5 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma on Fri, May 13, 2016, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC), 2 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 2 km SSW of Carney, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-05-13 23:33:59 UTC
Depth
2.4 km (1.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.942° N, 96.795° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
42°
Stations used
43

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.52 km SSW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 2.73 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.610 km N of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 9
  5. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 3.42 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 22
  7. 1.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.81 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.67 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 3.13 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.64 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 7
  12. 2.52 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.81 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.83 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.6Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 3.22 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.87 km E of Cashion, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 3.27 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.97 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 3.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
  27. 2.17 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  28. 3.03 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  29. 3.13 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.64 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.67 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 3.34 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 2.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.61 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 2.64 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 2.65 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.06 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
  40. 2.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 3.58 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.78 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 2.32 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 2.45 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3767 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
  48. 2.62 km ENE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3767 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 3.33 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3766 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.67 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 2.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.46 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.74 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 11
  55. 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  56. 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.77 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 2.57 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3763 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 2.59 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3763 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 2.25 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3763 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 163.

Before

  1. 2.75 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.52 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.77 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.77 km NNW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 3.35 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.53 km S of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 3.112 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.5Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.14 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.54 km NNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 3.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.84 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 3.34 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.52 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 2.58 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.75 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.73 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005hbi. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:48 AM UTC.