Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 6 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 18, 2016, 9:07 AM CDT (14:07 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 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
2016-09-18 14:07:41 UTC
Depth
5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.775° N, 97.822° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
53°
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.79 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 3.2Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.01 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3664 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 1.65 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.61 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 2.3Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.76 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  12. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  15. 1.85 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3664 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.114 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.54 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.24 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 2.34 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 2.75 km SSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 3.96 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 129
  29. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 2.55 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 2.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.44 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 2.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.86 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  37. 3.15 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
  38. 2.311 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  41. 1.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  43. 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 2.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 10
  46. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  47. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  48. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, OK · 3660 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 2.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.55 km SSE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 2.014 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.19 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 1.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.75 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  58. 1.68 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  60. 2.35 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 7

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.814 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.31 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 9
  5. 1.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.86 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.63 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.912 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 13
  12. 1.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 3.05 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  16. 3.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 6
  17. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006qng. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC.