Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 10 km NE of Ripley, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 10 km NE of Ripley, Oklahoma on Thu, Oct 6, 2016, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 11 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-10-06 19:07:45 UTC
Depth
4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.081° N, 96.815° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 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 1.0 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
43°
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: 167 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.712 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.711 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.814 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.412 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.811 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.67 km N of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
  10. 3.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 23
  11. 1.812 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.94 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 3.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
  19. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 2.29 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 2.57 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  27. 1.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 2.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 2.6Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 2.79 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 2.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  34. 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.15 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 2.014 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 2.211 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 3.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 1.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  42. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 115
  43. 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
  44. 2.18 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  45. 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  46. 3.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
  47. 1.6Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  48. 2.08 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 1.76 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 3.0Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
  51. 2.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 2.65 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 2.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  54. 2.17 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  55. 2.512 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 7
  56. 2.810 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  57. 1.65 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  59. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 3.56 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of 167.

Before

  1. 2.84 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  2. 2.411 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.86 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 3.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.48 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.914 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 3.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.013 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 3.310 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 12
  11. 2.64 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 3.715 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 23
  13. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.25 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 14
  15. 1.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.75 km NNW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 9
  18. 2.98 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.713 km W of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007cdl. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.