Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 5 km WNW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 1, 2016, 2:55 AM CST (08:55 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 18 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-01-01 08:55:21 UTC
Depth
3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.426° N, 98.493° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
165°
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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 144 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.010 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.02 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.10 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.815 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
  8. 3.30 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.70 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.69 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.210 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3924 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  13. 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3923 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.77 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.88 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3922 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.97 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.66 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.87 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  19. 4.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 16
  20. 3.27 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  21. 3.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 6
  22. 1.96 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3920 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 4.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 71
  25. 4.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2,713
  26. 2.618 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  27. 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  29. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 24
  31. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  32. 3.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 7
  33. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 13
  35. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 2.517 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  37. 3.416 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  38. 3.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 4
  39. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 4.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 13
  41. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 2.917 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  43. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.613 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  45. 2.820 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  46. 3.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 11
  47. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 2.916 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 24
  51. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  54. 2.49 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  55. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  56. 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
  57. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  58. 2.716 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 3.717 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 41
  60. 2.718 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.75 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.14 km N of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.27 km ENE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  4. 3.04 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.27 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3927 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.2Kansas · 3927 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 3.37 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.95 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3928 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 3.77 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
  10. 3.08 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 11
  11. 3.116 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 12
  12. 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 1.67 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3929 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.69 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 2.66 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
  19. 3.012 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004aps. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:39 PM UTC.