Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 2 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma on Fri, May 13, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-05-13 20:30:04 UTC
Depth
5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.375° N, 97.722° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.9 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
43°
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and 189 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.75 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.75 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.811 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.06 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.52 km SSW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 3.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.73 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.610 km N of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 9
  11. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 3.42 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 22
  14. 1.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.81 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.78 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.67 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3787 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 3.13 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.64 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
  21. 2.52 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 2.81 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.83 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3786 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.87 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 2.6Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 3.22 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.25 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 2.56 km SSW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 2.27 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3784 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 1.52 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3784 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 1.62 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 2.77 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 2.67 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 2.87 km E of Cashion, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 1.74 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3783 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 2.37 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 3.27 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.97 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  49. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  50. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  51. 3.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
  52. 2.17 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  53. 3.03 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  54. 3.13 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.64 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  57. 1.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3780 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 2.66 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 2.08 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3779 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.77 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.77 km NNW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.512 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.911 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.612 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.07 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.35 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.53 km S of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 3.112 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.13 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3793 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.5Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.311 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3793 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 3.14 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  16. 1.78 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.08 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 3.011 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005hak. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:57 PM UTC.