Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 3 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 3 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma on Wed, Aug 17, 2016, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-08-17 15:13:44 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.672° N, 97.086° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt at Oklahoma City.

From the USGS event page for us10006ehi. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

2 people 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 0.8 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
50°
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.94 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.83 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.92 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.71 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.51 km WSW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.78 km WSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.73 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.57 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.711 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 3.36 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3690 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 15
  14. 2.55 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3690 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.410 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.61 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 3.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3687 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 24
  18. 2.21 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3685 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 3.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3685 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
  21. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3685 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  22. 3.13 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3685 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
  23. 2.810 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3685 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 2.68 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.60 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 3.44 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 17
  29. 2.64 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 5.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 48,764
  31. 3.39 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 18
  32. 2.69 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 2.710 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 2.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 2.69 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 15
  36. 2.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 2.711 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 2.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  40. 3.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 25
  41. 2.7Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 2.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.49 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 2.59 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 2.59 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 2.5Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 2.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 3.39 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 12
  51. 2.69 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 2.1Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 2.99 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  54. 3.411 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 117
  55. 1.75 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 2.915 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 9
  57. 1.812 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 1.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 2.114 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.75 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.42 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.62 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.83 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.02 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 517
  5. 2.514 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3698 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 3.16 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3698 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.96 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3698 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.33 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3698 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 13
  9. 3.114 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3699 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.910 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.610 km ENE of Bison, Oklahoma · 3701 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.36 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  13. 3.114 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.56 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.56 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  16. 3.51 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3704 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 3.61 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3704 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 84
  18. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3704 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  19. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
  20. 3.9Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 207

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006ehi. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC.