Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Sun, Feb 21, 2016, 8:20 AM CST (14:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 3 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-02-21 14:20:52 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.748° N, 97.160° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, 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 1.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 183 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.54 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.27 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.13 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 8
  5. 3.04 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  6. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 58
  7. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 31
  8. 3.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 222
  9. 2.85 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 3.76 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 253
  11. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 10
  12. 2.65 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 3.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 8
  14. 2.95 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 7
  15. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 32
  16. 3.0Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 12
  17. 2.47 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 9
  19. 2.64 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  22. 3.45 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 28
  23. 2.710 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.711 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 2.13 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  26. 3.012 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 10
  27. 2.412 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 3.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 95
  29. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 2.64 km WSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  31. 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 41
  32. 2.65 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 2.53 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  34. 3.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 8
  35. 3.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 17
  36. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 2.46 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 2.68 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 3.01 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  42. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 48
  43. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.94 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.78 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 2.54 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 2.86 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.46 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 3.45 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 8
  51. 2.68 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 3.08 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.86 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 2.63 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 3.03 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
  56. 2.78 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.42 km NNE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 8
  60. 3.78 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 12

The first 60 of 183.

Before

  1. 3.05 km SE of Garber, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.25 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.75 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 3.07 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.65 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.71 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.53 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 29
  12. 3.55 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 9
  13. 2.85 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3870 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 3.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3870 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 7
  15. 3.44 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3870 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 14
  16. 2.54 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3870 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004rip. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:42 PM UTC.