Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 4 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 4 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Sat, Sep 26, 2015, 10:46 PM CDT (03:46 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 8 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-09-27 03:46:18 UTC
Depth
10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.547° N, 98.870° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.6 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
33°
Stations used
65

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

  1. 2.66 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.98 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4013 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 2.69 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.72 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 3.08 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
  9. 1.93 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4012 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 3.15 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.7Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.54 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 3.35 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.56 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.0Kansas · 4011 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 3.3Oklahoma · 4011 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.69 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4010 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.924 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4010 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 2.87 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 2.510 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 3.55 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4009 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 14
  23. 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4008 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 2.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 2.710 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 2.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4007 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 2.611 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4007 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 2.73 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 3.03 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 2.611 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 3.42 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
  33. 3.84 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 2.26 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4004 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 3.06 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 2.85 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.89 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4004 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 2.07 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 2.56 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4002 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  41. 3.48 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 4.412 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1,094
  43. 3.512 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 12
  44. 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 3.36 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4000 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
  46. 2.95 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.69 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 1.96 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
  50. 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 1.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3995 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 2.512 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.95 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.811 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  57. 3.46 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 5
  58. 2.97 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.76 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003pfp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:18 PM UTC.