Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 9 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 9 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma on Fri, Sep 16, 2016, 1:01 PM CDT (18:01 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-09-16 18:01:28 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.782° N, 98.561° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
92°
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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 7
  2. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 6
  4. 3.05 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.86 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.31 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 9
  7. 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.56 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.01 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3663 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.61 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3663 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.76 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.85 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3662 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.54 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.24 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.34 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.75 km SSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 3.96 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 129
  21. 2.55 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 2.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 2.44 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 2.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.86 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 3.15 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  28. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 2.55 km SSE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 2.75 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 1.91 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3655 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 3.89 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 29
  35. 2.75 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.59 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 2.01 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.84 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 2.76 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 1.66 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3653 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 1.77 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 3.16 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 10
  46. 3.35 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
  47. 2.44 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.68 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
  49. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  50. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  51. 2.78 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3648 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 2.012 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 3648 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 3.05 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
  54. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  55. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.64 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  59. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  60. 1.59 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3645 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.85 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.822 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.17 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.77 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 14
  8. 1.75 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3667 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.62 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 3.37 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.35 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 3.310 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.07 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
  15. 3.73 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  16. 3.33 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 31
  17. 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.810 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.66 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006q7p. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:20 PM UTC.