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M 2.3ml
Earthquake near Cushing, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Cushing in the 24 hours to 9:23 am CST (15:23 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 122 km (76 mi) WSW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Cushing
This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 4 km (2 mi) north-northeast of Cushing, OK, at 8:58 pm CST on 13 December 2016 (02:58 UTC), 3.3 km deep. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 3 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma
92 km (57 mi) NE of Oklahoma City, OK · 31 km (19 mi) ESE of Stillwater, OK
- When
- 8:58 pm CST on 13 December 2016 ()
- Where
- 4 km (2 mi) north-northeast of Cushing, OK · earthquakes near Cushing
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 3.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- 6 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Payne County, 21 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3535 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 37 km (23 mi) from the epicentre. In Cushing, 4 km away, the estimate is intensity III (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Cushing 4 km, intensity III · Yale 12 km, intensity II · Perkins 25 km, intensity II · Stillwater 29 km, intensity II · Stroud 31 km, intensity II · Pawnee 36 km, intensity II · Chandler 37 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 5.8 on 2016-09-03 — about 180,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 36.0160, -96.7569. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payne County, OK | 21 km (13 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Pawnee County, OK | 34 km (21 mi) | N | earthquakes near Pawnee County |
| Creek County, OK | 36 km (22 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Creek County |
| Lincoln County, OK | 37 km (23 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Noble County, OK | 59 km (37 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Noble County |
| Logan County, OK | 63 km (39 mi) | W | earthquakes near Logan County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.0 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
- 2.8 7 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma
- 2.5 6 km WSW of Sparks, Oklahoma
- 2.7 5 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma
- 3.3 9 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma
- 2.8 6 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma
- 2.5 7 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma
- 2.7 2 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma
- 2.6 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma
- 2.8 12 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma
- 3.3 12 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma
- 2.5 12 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma
- 2.6 5 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma
- 2.9 6 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma
- 3.1 6 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma
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.
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
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