Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 9 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 9 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma on Mon, Apr 4, 2016, 5:44 AM CDT (10:44 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 9 km E of Avard, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-04-04 10:44:37 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.814° N, 97.625° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
52°
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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.94 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 1.614 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.11 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.89 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.78 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.82 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.31 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.01 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.41 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.82 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.91 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3802 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.76 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3802 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 2.59 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 2.61 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  23. 3.08 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.812 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 2.58 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.811 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 3.07 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.54 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 2.011 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 1.611 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 3.211 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 2.72 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  36. 3.43 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3796 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  39. 3.01 km WSW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.61 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 2.99 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 2.21 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  43. 3.713 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 3.6Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  46. 3.05 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 2.612 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
  48. 2.94 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.75 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 2.07 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  51. 2.56 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3794 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  53. 1.62 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 3.313 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  55. 2.712 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 2.613 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.92 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3792 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 2.310 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005efl. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:39 AM UTC.