Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 4 km WSW of Luther, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of Luther, Oklahoma on Thu, Feb 25, 2016, 4:33 PM CST (22:33 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-02-25 22:33:33 UTC
Depth
6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.643° N, 97.239° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 3.6 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: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 41
  2. 2.65 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.53 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 8
  5. 3.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 17
  6. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.46 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.68 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 3.01 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 48
  13. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.94 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.78 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.54 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.86 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.46 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 3.45 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 8
  21. 2.68 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 3.08 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.86 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 2.63 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 3.03 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
  26. 2.78 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.42 km NNE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 8
  30. 3.78 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 12
  31. 3.09 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.917 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  35. 3.03 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.611 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  38. 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 3.13 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  40. 3.23 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  41. 3.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
  42. 3.13 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
  43. 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
  44. 2.65 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.81 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 2.91 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
  49. 2.46 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  50. 2.92 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.25 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  53. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 2.63 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  55. 3.35 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 2.60 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.94 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 3.06 km WSW of Meeker, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
  60. 3.48 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of 161.

Before

  1. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 3.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 95
  3. 2.412 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 3.012 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 10
  5. 2.13 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.711 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.710 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.45 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 28
  9. 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.64 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 9
  13. 2.47 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
  14. 3.0Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 12
  15. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 32
  16. 2.95 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 7
  17. 3.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 8
  18. 2.65 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 10
  20. 3.76 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 253

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