M2.9 earthquake 4 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 4 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma on Thu, Jan 28, 2016, 9:39 PM CST (03:39 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 5 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-29 03:39:55 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.735° N, 98.762° 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.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.4 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- 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
- 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
- 2.53 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.14 km SE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 3855 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.118 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.418 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.118 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.610 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.618 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.922 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.76 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.36 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.97 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 14
- 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.018 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.718 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3849 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.08 km SW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 1.918 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.116 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.01 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004vev. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 6:10 AM UTC.