Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Cushing, OK
USGS: 10 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma
87 km (54 mi) ENE of Oklahoma City, OK · 46 km (29 mi) SE of Stillwater, OK
- When
- 12:16 pm CDT on 30 September 2026 ()
- Where
- 16 km (10 mi) SSE of Cushing, OK · earthquakes near Cushing
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 25 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2 days ago
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) SSE of Cushing, OK, at 12:16 pm CDT on 30 September 2026 (17:16 UTC). 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS. This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Stroud, Drumright, Chandler, Oilton, Bristow, Yale.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 29 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 520,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 370,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 33× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 29 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.1 on 2024-02-03 — about 40,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.7 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 37 km S of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 35.8612, -96.6853. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, OK | 25 km (15 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Creek County, OK | 28 km (17 mi) | E | earthquakes near Creek County |
| Payne County, OK | 36 km (22 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Pawnee County, OK | 50 km (31 mi) | N | earthquakes near Pawnee County |
| Okfuskee County, OK | 54 km (34 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Okfuskee County |
| Logan County, OK | 69 km (43 mi) | W | earthquakes near Logan County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
2 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| reported intensity | not reported | 2 | |
| felt reports | not reported | 1 | |
| review status | automatic | reviewed | |
| longitude | -96.68 | -96.69 | |
| latitude | 35.86 | 35.86 | |
| depth | 3.9 | 7.94 | |
| magnitude | 2 | 1.99 |
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.