Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 3 km E of Luther, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km E of Luther, Oklahoma on Mon, Jul 25, 2016, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-07-25 15:30:45 UTC
Depth
5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.657° N, 97.154° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people 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 1.3 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
35°
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.72 km W of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.53 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.61 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3716 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.71 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3716 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 3.68 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 30
  6. 2.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.6Oklahoma · 3714 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.85 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3714 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.59 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 3.13 km S of Cole, Oklahoma · 3712 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 19
  11. 2.58 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3712 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.75 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3710 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.37 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3709 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.43 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3708 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.88 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 3.04 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.77 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 10
  21. 2.48 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 3704 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 3.15 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 3.67 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  25. 3.9Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 207
  26. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
  27. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  28. 3.61 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 84
  29. 3.51 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  30. 2.56 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3701 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  31. 2.56 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3701 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 3.114 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 2.36 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.610 km ENE of Bison, Oklahoma · 3699 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.910 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3698 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  36. 3.114 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 3.33 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 13
  38. 2.96 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.16 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.514 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 4.02 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 517
  42. 2.83 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.62 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 2.42 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  45. 2.53 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.94 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 2.83 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.92 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.71 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.51 km WSW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 2.78 km WSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 2.73 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  53. 2.57 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 2.711 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3690 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 3.36 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 15
  59. 2.55 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.410 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.01 km NE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.54 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.6Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.03 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.67 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.48 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 3.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.53 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.99 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 9
  15. 2.60 km ENE of Cimarron City, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.2Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.54 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.58 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 3.210 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006hgb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC.