Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 9 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 29, 2016, 9:12 PM CST (03:12 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-12-30 03:12:48 UTC
Depth
8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.171° N, 97.273° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.5 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
22°
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: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.66 km NE of Agra, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 9
  3. 2.74 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.15 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 9
  9. 2.57 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 4
  11. 3.39 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 10
  13. 2.712 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 9
  15. 2.15 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 9
  16. 2.511 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.58 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.46 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 2.711 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  21. 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 50
  22. 2.65 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.85 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 13
  24. 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 7
  25. 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 3.06 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.62 km NNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
  31. 3.3Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 7
  32. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
  33. 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 1.96 km WNW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 2.14 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3538 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 7
  38. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 29
  39. 2.78 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
  43. 2.59 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 2.85 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 3.3Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 2.73 km SSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 2.63 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.016 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 12
  50. 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  51. 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  52. 2.34 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  53. 3.1Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.93 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 22
  55. 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  57. 3.04 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 1.98 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  59. 3.16 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 8
  60. 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 124.

Before

  1. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 34
  2. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 19
  3. 2.83 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.66 km SW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.87 km S of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.73 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3556 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.610 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.73 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  14. 3.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 18
  15. 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.85 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 9
  17. 3.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 52
  18. 2.56 km SW of Garber, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.6Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.62 km N of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007nnh. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:02 AM UTC.