Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 7 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 7 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma on Fri, Apr 29, 2016, 2:23 AM CDT (07:23 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 3 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-04-29 07:23:37 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.594° N, 97.379° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 3.8 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: 148 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.43 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.45 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.7Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 3.23 km NNE of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 35
  5. 2.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 3.14 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 14
  7. 3.0Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.6Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.84 km N of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 3.14 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.74 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 2.21 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.94 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.75 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.65 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.73 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.75 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 2.58 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 2.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 2.52 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 3.34 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.84 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 3.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.54 km NNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 3.14 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  31. 2.5Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  32. 3.112 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.53 km S of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 3.35 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.77 km NNW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 2.77 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 2.52 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 2.75 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 1.75 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 3.15 km SSE of Cole, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 7
  41. 2.85 km S of Cole, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.52 km SSW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 2.73 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 2.610 km N of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 9
  46. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 3.42 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 22
  48. 1.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 2.81 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.67 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 3.13 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
  52. 2.64 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 7
  53. 2.52 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  55. 2.81 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 2.83 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 2.6Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 3.22 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 148.

Before

  1. 3.09 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.54 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.58 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.68 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 3.08 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.6Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 3.04 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.94 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.94 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 3.75 km W of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 65
  12. 2.97 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.07 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.87 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  15. 3.01 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 2.94 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 3.64 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 90
  18. 2.8Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 3.67 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 45
  20. 2.57 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005ce4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:41 AM UTC.