M2.4 earthquake 2 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 2 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 16, 2016, 12:13 AM CST (06:13 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-16 06:13:46 UTC
- Depth
- 6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.016° N, 97.639° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.5 km horizontally, 2.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- 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: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
- 3.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 248
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 8
- 3.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 52
- 2.85 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 9
- 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
- 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 19
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 34
- 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 9
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 12
- 2.64 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.15 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 9
- 2.511 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 2.711 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
- 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 50
- 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 7
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 29
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
- 2.59 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.34 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.93 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 22
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.71 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 2.61 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 5
- 2.51 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 2.63 km SE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
- 2.43 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 2.64 km SE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3579 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.45 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 6
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.53 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3593 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3597 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000818b. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:31 AM UTC.