Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 5 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 5 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma on Fri, Apr 1, 2016, 12:59 PM CDT (17:59 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 5 km NNW of Glencoe, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-04-01 17:59:31 UTC
Depth
9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.948° N, 96.734° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
48°
Stations used
64

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.85 km NNW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 3.07 km NNE of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 3.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 19
  5. 3.33 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
  6. 3.24 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 6
  10. 2.57 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.35 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.05 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.70 km E of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.410 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 3.05 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.56 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.95 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  21. 3.32 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
  22. 3.12 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 3.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  24. 3.3Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  25. 4.21 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 197
  26. 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.71 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
  28. 3.1Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.71 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  30. 3.110 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 3.23 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  33. 3.12 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 2.83 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 2.81 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.02 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  37. 3.05 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  38. 3.17 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 14
  39. 2.62 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
  40. 2.62 km NE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 2.61 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  42. 2.88 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 3.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3816 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 2.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3816 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  45. 2.89 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3815 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  46. 3.08 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3815 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 2.59 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3815 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 2.69 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3813 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 2.17 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.62 km NNE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 2.68 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  52. 2.75 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 2.65 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.97 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.65 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.67 km NW of Marland, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 3.34 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.510 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  59. 3.014 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.11 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 169.

Before

  1. 2.85 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  2. 3.2Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 12
  3. 2.84 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 3.2Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 3.04 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.513 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.85 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 11
  9. 2.810 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.64 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 31
  11. 4.24 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 726
  12. 2.913 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.511 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.5Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.26 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.04 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005dz7. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 12:06 AM UTC.