Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 8 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 8 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma on Sun, Feb 28, 2016, 9:04 PM CST (03:04 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 5 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-02-29 03:04:20 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.839° N, 97.819° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
49°
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. 3.15 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.75 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.85 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.68 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.83 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.0Kansas · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.810 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.07 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.98 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.91 km WSW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 5
  28. 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  29. 3.01 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.5Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.5Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 3.27 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.55 km ENE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 2.111 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 2.511 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 1.95 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 2.913 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 2.59 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 1.63 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3829 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 2.90 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  44. 4.24 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 726
  45. 2.93 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 3.64 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 31
  48. 2.62 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.810 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 2.70 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 3.322 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  56. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 1.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 2.21 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3828 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.85 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004thi. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:17 AM UTC.