Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 6 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma on Thu, Apr 7, 2016, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 1 km W of Braman, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-04-07 17:14:43 UTC
Depth
8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.604° N, 97.718° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 5.2 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.61 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.99 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.21 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  5. 3.713 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 3.6Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.05 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 2.612 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.94 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.75 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.07 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.56 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3795 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.62 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 3.313 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 2.712 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.613 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.817 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  21. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.73 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  23. 1.92 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 2.310 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 3.57 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 1.61 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 2.75 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.78 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.72 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.94 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3792 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 1.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3792 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.78 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 1.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3791 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 2.04 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3791 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 3.18 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.65 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.78 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  43. 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 2.58 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 2.98 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 2.74 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 2.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 2.52 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 3.34 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.84 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 3.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 1.56 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 3789 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 2.89 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  56. 3.13 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 3.011 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200062nz. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC.