Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 8 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 8 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma on Mon, Oct 31, 2016, 4:49 AM CDT (09:49 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 2 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-10-31 09:49:16 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.815° N, 97.616° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 6.8 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: 150 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.42 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.02 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7
  3. 2.10 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.86 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.72 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.74 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.51 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.27 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.57 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.96 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 2.05 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.62 km N of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.89 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3609 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 11
  17. 2.94 km E of Milton, Kansas · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.98 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.62 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  20. 1.94 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3608 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 3.47 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 41
  22. 3.09 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 39
  23. 3.17 km SSE of Milton, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 34
  24. 2.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 1.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 3.314 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 12
  28. 2.514 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 1.68 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3604 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 3.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 41
  31. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 2.64 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.713 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.6Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.63 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  39. 2.76 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 2.611 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.411 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.59 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 2.37 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 2.63 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 2.58 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  48. 1.67 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  50. 2.610 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 7
  51. 1.65 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 2.66 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3598 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
  57. 2.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 1.64 km SE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3597 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 1.611 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3597 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 2.56 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3597 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of 150.

Before

  1. 1.84 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 3.44 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 11
  3. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 3.37 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 7
  6. 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  8. 1.8Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.88 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 3.43 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 41
  11. 1.64 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.57 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 3.27 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 3.16 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 3.310 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000737u. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:22 AM UTC.