M2.8 earthquake 2 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 2 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma on Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 6:05 PM CST (00:05 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 5 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-01 00:05:30 UTC
- Depth
- 3.8 km (2.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.996° N, 96.797° 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 II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.1 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- 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: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.09 km ENE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.45 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 11
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 135
- 2.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 3.24 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 19
- 2.57 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 9
- 3.32 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3577 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 8
- 3.20 km NNW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3576 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 34
- 2.65 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3576 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3575 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km SE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.65 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.94 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 3.24 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.63 km SE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3571 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
- 2.92 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 16
- 2.33 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 6
- 3.12 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
- 2.515 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.312 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 248
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.07 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.33 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 2.59 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 8
- 3.25 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 7
- 2.62 km N of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Garber, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 52
- 2.85 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 9
- 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 3.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 18
- 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
- 2.610 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3556 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 19
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 34
- 2.89 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km NE of Agra, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 9
- 2.74 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 2.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 9
- 2.57 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
The first 60 of 103.
Before
- 2.41 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3583 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3585 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.51 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 2.62 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
- 3.62 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 17
- 3.55 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3589 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 26
- 2.82 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3589 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6
- 3.52 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 53
- 2.62 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
- 2.23 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3592 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 2.53 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3592 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.61 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3593 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.45 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 6
- 2.55 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.79 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3597 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007dx2. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 11:35 PM UTC.