Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 8 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma on Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 1:09 AM CDT (06:09 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 2 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (mb_lg), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-09-27 06:09:59 UTC
Depth
2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.509° N, 97.256° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
7
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

7 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 0.9 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
74°
Stations used
34

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. 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.57 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.74 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3628 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.15 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.014 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.211 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.65 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3627 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.25 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3627 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 3.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  15. 1.83 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3626 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 115
  17. 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
  18. 1.68 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.18 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 2.72 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 3.18 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 3.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
  24. 1.6Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 3.15 km NNE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.08 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 1.76 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 3.41 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
  30. 2.93 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 3.0Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
  32. 2.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 3.89 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.65 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3622 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 2.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  38. 2.20 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.17 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 2.512 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
  41. 2.810 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 3.32 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  43. 1.65 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  44. 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  45. 3.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 6
  46. 2.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3620 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  49. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  50. 1.59 km ESE of Bluff City, KS · 3619 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 1.79 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 2.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 2.15 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 1.7Kansas · 3618 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 1.97 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3618 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 3.56 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.116 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 3.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 10

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006t2n. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC.