Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 6 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma on Mon, Oct 24, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-10-24 23:15:30 UTC
Depth
3.3 km (2.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.732° N, 98.733° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
99°
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: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.59 km ESE of Bluff City, KS · 3619 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.79 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.15 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.7Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.97 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3618 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.75 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 2.04 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.9Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.29 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.64 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.88 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.8Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  24. 1.84 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 2.10 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 2.86 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 2.74 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
  29. 2.57 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 1.96 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.62 km N of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 2.89 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3609 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.94 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3608 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 2.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 4.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 22
  37. 1.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 3.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 26
  39. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 9
  40. 1.68 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3605 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 3.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 41
  42. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 2.64 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  45. 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 2.76 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  47. 2.59 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 2.37 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 2.58 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  52. 1.67 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 2.610 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 7
  55. 2.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  56. 3.116 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 1.65 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 135.

Before

  1. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3620 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 3.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
  4. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.20 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 3.113 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 2.8Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007gig. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:14 PM UTC.