M3.0 earthquake 2 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 2 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma on Tue, Jan 19, 2016, 10:41 PM CST (04:41 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 17 km SE of Waynoka, 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
- 2016-01-20 04:41:57 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.456° N, 97.733° 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 III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.5 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- 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
- 1.75 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.68 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3856 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 19
- 2.615 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
- 2.53 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.08 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 3.14 km SE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3855 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 3855 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.118 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.418 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.118 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.610 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.618 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.922 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.76 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.26 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.36 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.03 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.78 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.97 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.42 km NNE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 14
The first 60 of 200.
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