Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 10 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 10 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Tue, May 10, 2016, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-05-10 08:54:05 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.527° N, 98.976° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.6 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
52°
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: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.612 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.911 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.512 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.06 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 3.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.98 km W of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.56 km SSW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.77 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.67 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.67 km ENE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.66 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.57 km N of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3773 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 2.610 km SSE of Sun City, Kansas · 3773 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3773 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 2.93 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 2.69 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  29. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.84 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 2.86 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3766 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.58 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  34. 2.58 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 3.24 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.54 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3763 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 2.59 km N of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3763 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.50 km SE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 2.75 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.68 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 2.55 km NW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3761 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3761 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  45. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  47. 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3756 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.79 km E of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3755 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 2.5Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  52. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3753 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  53. 3.216 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3753 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.813 km E of Chester, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 3.15 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 2.55 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 2.75 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  58. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  59. 3.05 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 2.54 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 125.

Before

  1. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 3.011 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.98 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.65 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.78 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 3.57 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 2.310 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.817 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.613 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.712 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 3.313 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005g9g. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC.