Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 1 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 1 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma on Wed, Jul 27, 2016, 10:36 AM CDT (15:36 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
2016-07-27 15:36:26 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.852° N, 97.236° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.7 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
36°
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 103 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.71 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3714 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 3.68 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 30
  3. 2.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.6Oklahoma · 3712 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.85 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3711 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.59 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3710 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 3.13 km S of Cole, Oklahoma · 3710 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 19
  8. 2.58 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3709 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.75 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.37 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 2.43 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3706 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 2.88 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 3.04 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.77 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 10
  18. 2.48 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3701 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 3.15 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3701 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 3.67 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3701 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
  22. 3.9Oklahoma · 3701 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 207
  23. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3701 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
  24. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  25. 3.61 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 84
  26. 3.51 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 2.56 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3699 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.56 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3699 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 3.114 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3698 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 2.36 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3698 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  31. 2.610 km ENE of Bison, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 2.910 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.114 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 3.33 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 13
  35. 2.96 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  36. 3.16 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.514 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 4.02 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 517
  39. 2.83 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.62 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  41. 2.42 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 2.53 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.94 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 2.83 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.92 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.71 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.51 km WSW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 2.78 km WSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 2.73 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3690 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 2.57 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3690 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 2.711 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3687 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3687 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 3.36 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 15
  56. 2.55 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.410 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  58. 2.61 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 3.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 24
  60. 2.21 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.53 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.72 km W of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3716 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3716 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3716 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.01 km NE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.54 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 2.6Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.03 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.67 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.48 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 3.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.53 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.99 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 9
  18. 2.60 km ENE of Cimarron City, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.2Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.54 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006i3b. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:54 PM UTC.