Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 7 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 7 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma on Thu, Sep 8, 2016, 2:49 AM CDT (07:49 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 2 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-08 07:49:57 UTC
Depth
5.6 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.687° N, 98.261° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person 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 1.3 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
75°
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. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  2. 3.09 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  3. 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 7
  4. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 6
  6. 3.05 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.63 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.86 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.31 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 9
  10. 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.56 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 3.2Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.01 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3656 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.61 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3655 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.76 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.85 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3655 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.54 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 2.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 2.24 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 2.34 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 2.75 km SSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 3.96 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 129
  26. 2.55 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 2.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 2.44 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 2.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.86 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 3.15 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
  33. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3653 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 2.55 km SSE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 2.75 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 3.44 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.91 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 3.89 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 29
  41. 2.75 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 3.08 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 7
  43. 2.59 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  44. 2.01 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 3646 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.84 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 2.76 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 1.66 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3646 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  48. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 1.77 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  52. 3.16 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 10
  53. 3.35 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  54. 2.44 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.68 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
  56. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 9
  57. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 2.78 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3641 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 2.012 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 3640 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006mz0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:59 AM UTC.