Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 6 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 11, 2016, 4:33 AM CDT (09:33 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-09-11 09:33:07 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.166° N, 97.022° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Stillwater.

From the USGS event page for us10006ntp. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.7 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
41°
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: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 194 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.76 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 5
  2. 2.76 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.0Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.411 km WNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.310 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.08 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.66 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.410 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.68 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 1.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.60 km E of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.57 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 9
  18. 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  19. 1.94 km ENE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 18
  21. 2.46 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
  22. 3.07 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
  23. 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 3.37 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  25. 1.814 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
  27. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 2.66 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.69 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  30. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 61
  31. 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 1.95 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
  33. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  35. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 1.78 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 2.59 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  40. 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  41. 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  44. 1.910 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 2.015 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  46. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  47. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 3.05 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  53. 1.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  55. 1.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 2.65 km SSE of Bethel Acres, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  58. 1.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  59. 2.63 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.91 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 1.512 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 2.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 14
  4. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 3.211 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 6
  6. 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.913 km NW of Pawnee, OK · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 3.1Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 9
  13. 2.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  14. 3.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 12
  15. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.117 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.75 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
  18. 1.712 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 3.51 km WSW of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1,327
  20. 3.011 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006ntp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:22 PM UTC.