Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 5 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma on Wed, Mar 9, 2016, 8:36 AM CST (14:36 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 4 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-03-09 14:36:57 UTC
Depth
4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.261° N, 97.343° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
34°
Stations used
77

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

  1. 4.24 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 726
  2. 3.64 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 31
  3. 2.62 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.810 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.70 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.85 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 11
  7. 2.85 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.513 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 3.47 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 3.04 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 3.2Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.84 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 3.2Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 12
  15. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.85 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.75 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.85 km NNW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 2.55 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 3.07 km NNE of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 3.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 19
  23. 2.311 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 3.33 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
  25. 3.24 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.011 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
  30. 2.57 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 2.111 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.35 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.69 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 3.32 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 3.05 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.611 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 2.70 km E of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 2.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  39. 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 2.611 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 1.711 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 2.410 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 3.05 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.56 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 2.95 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  47. 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
  48. 2.55 km SW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 3.32 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
  50. 3.12 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 3.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.74 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.811 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3820 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.86 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 2.56 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 3.13 km NNE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 3.3Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  58. 4.21 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 197
  59. 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  60. 2.71 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004wae. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:21 AM UTC.