M2.7 earthquake 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Wed, Sep 23, 2015, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 3 km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-24 04:21:07 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.486° N, 98.733° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 117°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.34 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.84 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3981 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.13 km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 7
- 2.75 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.35 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
- 2.63 km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.82 km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3979 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.719 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3978 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3978 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3978 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.51 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.710 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.35 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
- 2.610 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.26 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.68 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 3.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3975 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3975 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.520 km W of Hardtner, Kansas · 3975 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.910 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.58 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.88 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.79 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3974 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 235
- 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.79 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.48 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.611 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 67
- 3.110 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 3.08 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 200.
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