M2.6 earthquake 2 km N of Skedee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km N of Skedee, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 21, 2016, 6:46 AM CST (12:46 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 5 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-21 12:46:16 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.403° N, 96.710° 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 III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.4 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- 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: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Garber, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.85 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 9
- 3.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 18
- 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 2.610 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.89 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km NE of Agra, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.15 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 2.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 9
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 3.39 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 3.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 10
- 2.712 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 3.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 9
- 2.15 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 9
- 2.511 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.711 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
- 2.85 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 13
- 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 7
- 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.06 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 2.62 km NNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 8
- 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.96 km WNW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
- 2.78 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 2.85 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.73 km SSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 3.016 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 12
- 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.34 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.04 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 3.16 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 8
- 2.05 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 9
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
The first 60 of 96.
Before
- 3.25 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 7
- 2.59 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.33 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
- 3.07 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 3.312 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.515 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.12 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 5
- 2.56 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3567 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 3.25 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
- 2.33 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6
- 2.92 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 16
- 3.24 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.94 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3575 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3576 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.20 km NNW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3577 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 34
- 3.32 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3577 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 8
- 2.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 9
- 2.57 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007lpk. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:06 AM UTC.