M2.5 earthquake 15 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 15 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 17, 2016, 4:05 PM CST (22:05 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 12 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-17 22:05:27 UTC
- Depth
- 2.3 km (1.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.434° N, 96.970° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.312 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3567 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3567 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 248
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3567 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.07 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3567 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.33 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
- 2.59 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 8
- 3.25 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 7
- 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3564 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.62 km N of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Garber, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 52
- 2.85 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 9
- 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
- 3.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 18
- 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.55 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.73 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.610 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.73 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3556 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.83 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 19
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 34
- 2.89 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km NE of Agra, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 9
- 2.74 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
- 2.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 9
- 2.57 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
- 3.39 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 3.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 10
- 2.712 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 3.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 9
- 2.15 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 9
- 2.511 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.58 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.711 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
- 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 50
- 2.65 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.85 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 13
- 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
- 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.06 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 2.62 km NNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of 126.
Before
- 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3567 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
- 3.12 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
- 2.56 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.910 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3568 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.25 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 6
- 2.33 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3571 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
- 2.92 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 16
- 3.24 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.94 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3574 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3574 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.46 km SSW of Enid, Oklahoma · 3575 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 101
- 1.59 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3575 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3577 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.20 km NNW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 34
- 3.32 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3579 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 8
- 2.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3579 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 9
- 2.57 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3579 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.24 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 19
- 2.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008223. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC.