Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 17 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 17 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma on Thu, Sep 8, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-08 19:00:29 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.447° N, 96.954° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
71°
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 185 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 108
  2. 3.25 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 11
  3. 3.15 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
  4. 2.55 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.011 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
  6. 1.712 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.75 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.117 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
  10. 3.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 12
  11. 2.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.1Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 9
  13. 1.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 1.913 km NW of Pawnee, OK · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 1.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 3.211 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
  20. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  21. 2.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 14
  22. 1.512 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 1.91 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 2.86 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.76 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
  26. 2.76 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 2.0Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.411 km WNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.99 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 2.310 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  32. 3.08 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  33. 2.66 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 2.410 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.68 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 1.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  38. 2.60 km E of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 1.810 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3664 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  42. 2.57 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 9
  44. 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  45. 1.94 km ENE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 18
  48. 2.46 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  49. 3.07 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
  50. 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 3.37 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  52. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 1.814 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  54. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
  55. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  56. 2.66 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.69 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  58. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 61
  59. 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.95 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.9Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.0Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.816 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.911 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.816 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.210 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 2.98 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.84 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.45 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.63 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.812 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 2.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 1.89 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 1.78 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006n46. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC.