Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 4 km E of Perry, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 4 km E of Perry, Oklahoma on Sun, Jul 17, 2016, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-07-17 23:39:36 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.282° N, 97.234° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 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 2.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
140°
Stations used
16

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 109 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.69 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 3.210 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 3.48 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.58 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 2.54 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 3.2Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.60 km ENE of Cimarron City, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 9
  10. 2.93 km WNW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.99 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.53 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 3.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.48 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 2.67 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3720 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 3.12 km WSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  22. 2.06 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 3.03 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.6Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.54 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  26. 2.01 km NE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.66 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 2.57 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 2.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3716 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  31. 2.72 km W of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3716 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 2.53 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.61 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3714 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 2.71 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3714 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 3.68 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 30
  37. 2.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 2.6Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  39. 2.85 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3712 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.59 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3711 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 2.39 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3711 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 2.58 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3710 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 1.89 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3709 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3708 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.75 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3708 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 2.37 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 2.43 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3706 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3706 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.66 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3706 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3706 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  51. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3706 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 3.26 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3706 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  55. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  56. 2.88 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 3.04 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3704 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.77 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 10
  59. 1.96 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3703 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.76 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3702 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.57 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.76 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 3.14 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 6
  5. 2.85 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 3.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 970
  9. 2.60 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 3.17 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.55 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.86 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 2.84 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 3.03 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.70 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 3.43 km WSW of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 11
  20. 2.03 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006ffd. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:26 AM UTC.