M3.0 earthquake 4 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 4 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma on Sun, Aug 7, 2016, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 11 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-07 09:13:53 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.177° N, 97.415° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 29°
- 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
- 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.211 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 6
- 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 14
- 1.512 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.91 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.86 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.76 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5
- 2.76 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.411 km WNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.310 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 3.08 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.410 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.68 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.60 km E of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.57 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 2.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 9
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 1.94 km ENE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.33 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 31
- 3.73 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 18
- 2.46 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
- 3.07 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
- 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.37 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.814 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 5
- 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.66 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.69 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 61
- 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.95 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
- 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 2.85 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.78 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.59 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
- 1.910 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.015 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006bxi. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC.