Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 0 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 0 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 4 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-03-22 04:37:38 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.993° N, 96.762° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
6
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.4 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
53°
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: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.10 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.66 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 3.04 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.26 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.5Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.511 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.913 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.90 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.24 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 726
  15. 3.64 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 31
  16. 2.810 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.70 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.85 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 11
  19. 2.513 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 3.04 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 3.2Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
  23. 2.84 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 3.2Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 12
  25. 2.85 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.75 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.85 km NNW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 3.07 km NNE of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 3.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 19
  31. 3.33 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 5
  32. 3.24 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
  36. 2.57 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 2.35 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  38. 3.05 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.70 km E of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  40. 2.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 2.410 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 3.05 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
  43. 2.56 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  45. 2.95 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  47. 3.32 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
  48. 3.12 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 3.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.3Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  51. 4.21 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 197
  52. 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.71 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  54. 3.1Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.71 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  56. 3.110 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 3.23 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 3.12 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 2.83 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 174.

Before

  1. 2.6Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 7
  2. 2.46 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.54 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 3.26 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  6. 3.37 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 3.48 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
  8. 3.06 km WSW of Meeker, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.94 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.55 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.15 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.60 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 3.35 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.63 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.25 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.92 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.46 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005bn8. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:28 PM UTC.