M2.6 earthquake 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma on Mon, Oct 17, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 10 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-18 04:15:03 UTC
- Depth
- 9.1 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.672° N, 97.407° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 6
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
6 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 1.0 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- Stations used
- 91
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.18 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 1.6Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.08 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
- 2.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.65 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 4
- 2.17 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.512 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 7
- 2.810 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.56 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 2.89 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 17
- 2.116 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 10
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 3.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.414 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.43 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 3.310 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.16 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.27 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 3
- 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 3.43 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 41
- 2.57 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 5
- 3.37 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 7
- 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.44 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 11
- 2.41 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
- 3.13 km SSW of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 3.33 km S of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 17
- 3.02 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
- 4.47 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3,256
- 2.65 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.76 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.86 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 14
- 2.95 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.67 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
- 2.27 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
- 2.05 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 11
- 3.36 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 18
- 2.98 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
- 2.62 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 3.47 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 41
- 2.57 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.09 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 39
The first 60 of 143.
Before
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 115
- 1.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 3.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.64 km W of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
- 2.211 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.014 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.79 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.29 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007f09. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.