M2.4 earthquake 7 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 7 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma on Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 1:31 PM CST (19:31 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 5 km W of Arcadia, 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
- 2016-02-23 19:31:01 UTC
- Depth
- 9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.688° N, 97.408° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people 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 0.9 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 39°
- Stations used
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 9
- 2.64 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 3.45 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 28
- 2.710 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.711 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.13 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
- 3.012 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 10
- 2.412 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 95
- 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.64 km WSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 41
- 2.65 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.53 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 3.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 8
- 3.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 17
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.46 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.68 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.01 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 48
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
- 2.94 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.54 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.86 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.46 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.45 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 8
- 2.68 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.08 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.86 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.03 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
- 2.78 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.42 km NNE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 8
- 3.78 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 12
- 3.09 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 2.917 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 3.03 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 2.611 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 3.08 km SW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
- 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.13 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 3.23 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 3.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
- 3.13 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5
- 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
- 2.65 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.81 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of 170.
Before
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 12
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 32
- 2.95 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 7
- 3.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 8
- 2.65 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 10
- 3.76 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 253
- 2.85 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 222
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 31
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 58
- 3.04 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
- 3.13 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 8
- 2.27 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 2.8Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
- 3.05 km SE of Garber, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.25 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
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