Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 13 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 13 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma on Sat, Aug 13, 2016, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 3 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-08-14 00:11:53 UTC
Depth
4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.651° N, 99.084° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
159°
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: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.13 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.57 km S of Alva, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.66 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.73 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.812 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 2.66 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 3.33 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 15
  9. 2.522 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 3.28 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3685 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3685 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.98 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 3.214 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.813 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.55 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 11
  21. 2.76 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 2.610 km NNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 2.67 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.04 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  29. 3.33 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 31
  30. 3.73 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
  31. 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 14
  32. 2.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 2.822 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 2.85 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 3.09 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  36. 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 7
  37. 3.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
  38. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  40. 2.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 2.75 km SSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 2.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 3.89 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 29
  44. 2.75 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  45. 2.59 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 2.84 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  47. 2.76 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  51. 3.16 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 10
  52. 3.35 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 5
  53. 2.68 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
  54. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  56. 3.05 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
  57. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  58. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.64 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 72.

Before

  1. 2.512 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.413 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 3.63 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 29
  5. 2.710 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.93 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.65 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.85 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.813 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  11. 3.34 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3698 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.911 km E of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3699 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 3.26 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.611 km E of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.66 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.612 km E of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006dnb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:55 AM UTC.