M2.7 earthquake 10 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 10 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma on Sun, Feb 7, 2016, 6:23 PM CST (00:23 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 5 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-08 00:23:54 UTC
- Depth
- 6.7 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.897° N, 96.728° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.4 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.85 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.53 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 15
- 2.76 km W of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.67 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.99 km W of Yale, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 3.46 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 6
- 2.51 km ENE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
- 2.36 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km NE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3878 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.74 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3878 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 9
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3877 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 2.710 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3877 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 28
- 2.611 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.76 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 7
- 2.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
- 3.26 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 3.54 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 27
- 2.79 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
- 2.84 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 2.95 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
- 2.57 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.15 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 11
- 3.34 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3871 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
- 2.54 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3871 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.44 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3871 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 14
- 3.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3871 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
- 2.85 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3871 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.55 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3870 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 9
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 29
- 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.71 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.07 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.25 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
- 3.05 km SE of Garber, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 5
- 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.27 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 3.13 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 8
- 3.04 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 58
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 31
- 3.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 222
- 3.76 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 253
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 10
- 3.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 8
- 2.95 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 32
The first 60 of 189.
Before
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 3.65 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 12
- 2.610 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.65 km S of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.54 km E of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.75 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 3.75 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 9
- 2.64 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.84 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004ymh. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC.