Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 11 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 11 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma on Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 11:49 PM CDT (04:49 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

Covington forecastMore in Oklahoma

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-08-21 04:49:47 UTC
Depth
5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.177° N, 97.495° 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
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 1.8 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
26°
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 92 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3690 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 2.45 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.15 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.75 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 3.36 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 15
  8. 2.55 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.25 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3688 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.78 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3687 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.98 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3687 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.410 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.61 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 3.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 24
  16. 2.21 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 3.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 7
  19. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.96 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3683 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 1.86 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3683 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 3.13 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  23. 2.810 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 3.06 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 3.18 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.58 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 3.34 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 13
  29. 2.68 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  32. 2.54 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 3.16 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.07 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3681 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.76 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.60 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 3.46 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 25
  40. 3.44 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 17
  41. 2.64 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 5.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 48,764
  43. 3.39 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 18
  44. 2.69 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.710 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 2.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 2.69 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 15
  48. 2.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 2.711 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 2.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 25
  53. 2.7Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 2.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 2.49 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 2.59 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 2.59 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.57 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.73 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.78 km WSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.51 km WSW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 2.71 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.92 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.83 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.94 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.53 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.42 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.62 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.83 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.02 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 517
  14. 3.33 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 15
  15. 2.514 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 2.66 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 3.16 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.96 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.73 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.66 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away

Earthquakes todayOklahoma earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006fj0. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:13 AM UTC.