Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 8 km WSW of Yukon, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 8 km WSW of Yukon, Oklahoma on Fri, Aug 19, 2016, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 8 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-08-19 22:22:13 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.468° N, 97.847° 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
58°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.73 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3685 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.711 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.410 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.61 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.21 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 3.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 7
  11. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.13 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.810 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 3.44 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 17
  16. 2.64 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 79
  18. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.81 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 2.71 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 2.83 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 2.65 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 14
  25. 2.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 2.84 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 108
  28. 3.51 km WSW of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1,327
  29. 3.211 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 6
  30. 2.57 km NNE of Ninnekah, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 8
  31. 2.60 km E of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 2.46 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  33. 2.57 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 18
  36. 2.46 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
  37. 2.97 km NE of Ninnekah, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 11
  38. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
  39. 2.69 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  40. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 61
  41. 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 1.95 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
  43. 2.59 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 2.65 km SSE of Bethel Acres, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.52 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 2.51 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 3.2Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  48. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 2.91 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
  50. 2.71 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
  51. 3.21 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 18
  52. 2.80 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 3.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 18
  54. 2.513 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.62 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 3.44 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.1Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.37 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.64 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
  60. 2.74 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 77.

Before

  1. 2.51 km WSW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.71 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.83 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.94 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.53 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.42 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.62 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.83 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.02 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 517
  10. 3.33 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 13
  11. 2.910 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.610 km ENE of Bison, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.56 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 3.51 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 3.61 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 84
  16. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
  18. 3.9Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 207
  19. 3.67 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  20. 3.15 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006fau. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:42 AM UTC.