M2.7 earthquake 10 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 10 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 11 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-21 08:02:05 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.699° N, 97.678° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- 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
- 1.814 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.37 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3638 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.811 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km N of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 3.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 23
- 1.812 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.63 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
- 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.79 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 3634 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 3634 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 3.34 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 34
- 1.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.29 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 1.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.58 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3632 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.79 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
- 2.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.74 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.014 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.211 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3629 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.25 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3628 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.68 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3628 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.18 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.72 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.18 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
- 1.6Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.65 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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