M2.5 earthquake 6 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 4:36 AM CST (10:36 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 7 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-29 10:36:06 UTC
- Depth
- 7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.697° N, 98.504° 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, 6.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- 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
- 1.610 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.618 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.922 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.76 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.36 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.97 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 14
- 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.018 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 1.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.718 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3848 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.08 km SW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
- 1.918 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.116 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.01 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.13 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 3.23 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3847 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 3847 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.718 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
- 1.88 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.218 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.812 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.915 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.47 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
The first 60 of 200.
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