M2.8 earthquake 5 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma on Thu, Mar 24, 2016, 6:40 AM CDT (11:40 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 0 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-24 11:40:51 UTC
- Depth
- 3.8 km (2.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.739° N, 98.757° 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, 6.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- 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
- 1.63 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3829 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.90 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.70 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.322 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.85 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.47 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.64 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.53 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3825 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.311 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.717 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.04 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.011 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 2.111 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.32 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.611 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.61 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.24 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.611 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.711 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.89 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.518 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.64 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.74 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.811 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.86 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.56 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.13 km NNE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3818 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.83 km NNE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.010 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.43 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 32
- 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.49 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3816 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.711 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3816 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005c7b. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 9:35 PM UTC.