M3.0 earthquake 4 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 4 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma on Wed, May 4, 2016, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 7 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-05-05 01:58:53 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.887° N, 97.318° 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 2.3 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- 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
- 2.52 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.83 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3779 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.87 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.25 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.56 km SSW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.52 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.62 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.95 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.67 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.74 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3776 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.27 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.97 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
- 1.64 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3774 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 1.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3774 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.66 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.08 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3773 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3773 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.55 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.05 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.67 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.34 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3772 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.85 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.211 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3771 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.97 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.75 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3771 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3770 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.84 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.93 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3770 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.06 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 1.94 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3769 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.83 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3769 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.87 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.58 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.68 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3767 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.63 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3767 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.95 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3766 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.74 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3766 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.55 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3765 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.86 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 2.86 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
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