Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 8 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 8 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma on Fri, Oct 7, 2016, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 4 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-10-07 20:20:21 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.822° N, 97.611° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 8.6 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.811 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 23
  5. 1.812 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.63 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 3.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
  13. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 3.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.79 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.54 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 3638 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.74 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 3638 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.34 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 34
  21. 1.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 2.29 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 1.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 2.58 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 2.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3636 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 2.6Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 2.79 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 2.85 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.57 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 1.74 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3634 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  38. 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.15 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 2.014 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 2.211 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.65 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3633 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 2.25 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3633 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 1.83 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3633 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 1.68 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3632 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 2.18 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 2.72 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  50. 3.18 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 3.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  52. 1.6Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 3.15 km NNE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.08 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 1.76 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 3.41 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 5
  58. 2.93 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  59. 2.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 3.89 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.911 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3643 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 2.37 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 1.814 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.72 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.711 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.712 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.7Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 3.62 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 1.59 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3644 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 2.411 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 3.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.48 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.914 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 3.013 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.64 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 3.715 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 23
  18. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.012 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 3647 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007cnl. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:03 PM UTC.