M2.7 earthquake 7 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma on Fri, May 13, 2016, 12:23 PM CDT (17:23 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 2 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-05-13 17:23:23 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.131° N, 97.295° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.610 km N of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 9
- 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.42 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 22
- 1.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.81 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.13 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
- 2.64 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 7
- 2.52 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.81 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.83 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.22 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.87 km E of Cashion, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.27 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.97 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
- 2.17 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 3.03 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 3.13 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3773 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.85 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.69 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 3.34 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.75 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.61 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.65 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 2.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.58 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.32 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.45 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 6
- 2.63 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3767 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3767 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.33 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3766 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 1.74 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3766 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.86 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3766 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.86 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3766 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.25 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3766 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.67 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3766 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
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