Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 9 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma on Tue, Apr 5, 2016, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 4 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-04-06 00:53:16 UTC
Depth
7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.715° N, 98.644° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.0 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
87°
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. 2.88 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3810 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 3.24 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3810 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 2.517 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 3.08 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 2.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 2.615 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 3.318 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.3Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.92 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 1.614 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 2.89 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  23. 2.78 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  25. 3.09 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 2.82 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 2.31 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.01 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 2.41 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 2.82 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.91 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3802 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 2.59 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  35. 3.022 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  36. 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  39. 2.61 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 2.812 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 1.811 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 3.07 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 2.55 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  46. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 2.011 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.611 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 3.211 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 2.72 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.43 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3796 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  57. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.99 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 3.713 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
  60. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005fqc. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 1:22 AM UTC.