Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma on Wed, Apr 27, 2016, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-04-27 20:12:04 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.728° N, 97.159° 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 II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.4 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
24°
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: 165 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.04 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.6Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 3.08 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.68 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.58 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.54 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 3.09 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.77 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 3.43 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.45 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.7Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 3.23 km NNE of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 35
  13. 2.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 3.14 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 14
  15. 3.0Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.6Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 2.84 km N of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  19. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 3.14 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.74 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  22. 2.21 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
  23. 2.94 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.75 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 2.65 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  27. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.73 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.75 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 2.58 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 2.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 2.52 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 3.34 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.84 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 3.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.54 km NNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 3.14 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  39. 2.5Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  40. 3.112 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.53 km S of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 3.35 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  43. 2.77 km NNW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 2.77 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 2.52 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 2.75 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  47. 1.75 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 3.15 km SSE of Cole, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7
  49. 2.85 km S of Cole, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.52 km SSW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  51. 2.73 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 2.610 km N of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 9
  54. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  55. 3.42 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 22
  56. 1.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.81 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.67 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 3.13 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 4
  60. 2.64 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 7

The first 60 of 165.

Before

  1. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.94 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 3.75 km W of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 65
  4. 2.97 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.07 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.87 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  7. 3.01 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.94 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 3.64 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 90
  10. 2.8Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 3.67 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 45
  12. 2.57 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.87 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 2.52 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 2.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 3.07 km W of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.82 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.11 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005c0z. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC.