Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 7 km S of Alva, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 7 km S of Alva, Oklahoma on Tue, Aug 16, 2016, 6:04 AM CDT (11:04 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 6 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-08-16 11:04:53 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.736° N, 98.673° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
94°
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: 175 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.66 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3690 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.73 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3690 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.812 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.66 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 3.33 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 15
  6. 1.56 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 3687 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.92 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3687 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3687 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.522 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 3.28 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 1.66 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 3685 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.93 km SSE of Bluff City, KS · 3685 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 15
  14. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3684 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.93 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3682 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.45 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3682 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 2.15 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3682 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 2.75 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3682 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.25 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3682 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 2.27 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 3681 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 2.22 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  27. 1.67 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 1.67 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 2.98 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 3.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 24
  31. 2.810 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 3.06 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 3.18 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  35. 2.05 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3675 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 2.58 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 3.34 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 13
  38. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.54 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 3.214 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 2.813 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3673 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 2.76 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.55 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3673 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 1.55 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3673 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 3.46 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 25
  47. 2.35 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3671 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 2.2Kansas · 3671 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 1.65 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3671 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 1.55 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3671 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 2.55 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  53. 1.97 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3671 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 1.66 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3670 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 11
  56. 2.76 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  57. 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 1.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 2.47 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  60. 3.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 75

The first 60 of 175.

Before

  1. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3690 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.85 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3690 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 3.08 km WSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.63 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3691 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.910 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.59 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 3.13 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.63 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3692 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.610 km ENE of Bison, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.713 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 1.53 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3692 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.63 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3692 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.512 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.413 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.13 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 3.63 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 29
  18. 2.13 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.710 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 1.611 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3695 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006e3m. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:55 AM UTC.