Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 1 km WSW of Douglas, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 1 km WSW of Douglas, Oklahoma on Thu, Aug 18, 2016, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-08-19 01:48:31 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.257° N, 97.689° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
36°
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. 1.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.814 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.56 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.5Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.51 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.47 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
  8. 1.79 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 3.2Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
  11. 1.65 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 2.75 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.3Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.76 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 2.91 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 6
  18. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 2.114 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  24. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 1.54 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 2.75 km SSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 3.96 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 129
  31. 2.33 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 2.55 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 2.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 2.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.86 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 3.15 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
  40. 2.311 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 2.71 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  42. 3.21 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 18
  43. 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 1.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3653 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 2.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 10
  50. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  52. 2.80 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 2.86 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  54. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, OK · 3651 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 1.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 2.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  58. 3.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.55 km SSE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 2.014 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006ewd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:33 AM UTC.