Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 5 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma on Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 9:35 AM CDT (14:35 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 8 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-07-15 14:35:43 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.723° N, 98.732° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.8 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
119°
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: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.65 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3720 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.35 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3720 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.59 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.56 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.710 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.66 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 3717 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 3.48 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.86 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 1.92 km NE of Freeport, Kansas · 3716 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.93 km WNW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 2.5Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 1.51 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 3715 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.46 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.56 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 3.47 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.97 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3712 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.512 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3712 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 1.65 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3712 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.57 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3711 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3711 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 5
  24. 1.62 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3711 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.66 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3711 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 2.57 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3711 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3710 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3710 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3710 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3710 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3709 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3708 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 1.62 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3705 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 2.39 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3704 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.519 km SE of Waynoka, OK · 3703 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  36. 1.89 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3702 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  38. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.612 km E of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.66 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  43. 2.611 km E of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 3.26 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 2.911 km E of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3699 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 3.34 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3698 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.01 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 2.813 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  50. 2.05 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3696 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 1.85 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3695 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 2.85 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.65 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 2.93 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 1.75 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 1.611 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3694 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.710 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 2.13 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3693 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 3.63 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 29

The first 60 of 151.

Before

  1. 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3720 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.15 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3720 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.25 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3721 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.55 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.86 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.85 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.85 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 3.27 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.016 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.14 km NNE of Freeport, Kansas · 3723 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.98 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3723 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.512 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 1.5Kansas · 3725 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.62 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3725 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.56 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 2.617 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006ezb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 1:24 AM UTC.