Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 7 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma on Mon, Jul 25, 2016, 1:35 AM CDT (06:35 UTC), 4 km (2 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
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-07-25 06:35:49 UTC
Depth
3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.777° N, 97.658° 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, 5.1 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: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 151 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.53 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 3.68 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 30
  6. 2.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.22 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3714 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.6Oklahoma · 3714 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.85 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.62 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3713 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.39 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3712 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.58 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3711 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.89 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3710 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3710 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.75 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3709 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.43 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3708 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.66 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 3.26 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.88 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 3.34 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3706 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  27. 3.04 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.01 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 1.96 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3705 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 2.05 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3703 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 2.76 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3703 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3703 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  33. 1.56 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3703 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 1.85 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3703 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 3.15 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 3.67 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  38. 3.9Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 207
  39. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
  40. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.93 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.75 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 1.611 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3702 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 2.710 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 3701 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 2.56 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3701 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  46. 1.96 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3701 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 1.66 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3701 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 1.66 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3701 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 2.13 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 3.63 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 29
  51. 3.114 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 2.13 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 2.36 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3700 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 1.66 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3700 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 2.36 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 2.36 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3699 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  57. 1.63 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3699 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  58. 1.53 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3699 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 2.610 km ENE of Bison, Oklahoma · 3699 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 1.63 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3699 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.66 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 1.62 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3718 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.57 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.75 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 3719 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.54 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.6Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.03 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  8. 1.65 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3719 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.97 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.06 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 3.47 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.56 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.46 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 3.12 km WSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 3
  16. 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 2.67 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.48 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 3.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006hcw. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC.