Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Wed, May 18, 2016, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-05-19 00:58:31 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.270° N, 97.572° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
39°
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 159 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 3.22 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.25 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.56 km SSW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.27 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.52 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.62 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3780 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.67 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.87 km E of Cashion, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 2.37 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3780 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.27 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.97 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 3.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.17 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  19. 3.03 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.13 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.64 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  23. 1.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 2.66 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.08 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3776 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 2.93 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 2.67 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 2.85 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 2.211 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 2.97 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.69 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.34 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 2.75 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 2.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  38. 2.61 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 2.64 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  41. 2.84 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 2.65 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.512 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3773 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 3.06 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3773 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3773 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 1.87 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 3.58 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.78 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 2.32 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  53. 2.45 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
  55. 2.63 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 2.62 km ENE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 3.33 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  58. 1.74 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3769 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 2.86 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.86 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.87 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.83 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.81 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.52 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.64 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
  7. 3.13 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
  8. 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3784 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.67 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 1.78 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3785 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.81 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 3.42 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 22
  14. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 9
  17. 2.610 km N of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 2.73 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 2.52 km SSW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.06 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005id6. Read Fri, Sep 25, 2026, 8:36 PM UTC.