M2.7 earthquake 10 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 10 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma on Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 3 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-11 06:30:13 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.804° N, 98.541° 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, 5.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 113°
- 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
- 1.66 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3693 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.36 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3692 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3692 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3692 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.713 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.610 km ENE of Bison, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.63 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3691 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.13 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.59 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.910 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3690 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.08 km WSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3690 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 1.82 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3690 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.85 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3690 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km S of Alva, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.66 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.73 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.812 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.66 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.33 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 15
- 1.56 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.56 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 3687 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.92 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3687 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.71 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.51 km WSW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3686 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.522 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.28 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3685 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3685 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 3685 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.93 km SSE of Bluff City, KS · 3684 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 15
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3683 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.93 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3682 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.45 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.15 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.75 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.25 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 3681 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.22 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 2.78 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.67 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3679 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.67 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3679 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.98 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 24
- 1.96 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3675 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.810 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.06 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.18 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 2.05 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3674 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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