M3.4 earthquake 9 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 9 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma on Mon, Jun 27, 2016, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 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
- 3.4 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-28 03:25:08 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.701° N, 98.661° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 3.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 113°, dip 77°, rake -50°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 217°, dip 42°, rake -161°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.2 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- 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: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.75 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3736 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.85 km W of Argonia, Kansas · 3736 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.612 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 3.28 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.39 km N of Harper, Kansas · 3734 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.48 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.88 km ESE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.83 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3733 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.72 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3732 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3732 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3732 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3732 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.812 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.89 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3731 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.96 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.69 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.810 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas · 3731 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0Kansas · 3731 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.812 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3731 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.612 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.510 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 2.610 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.517 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3729 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.55 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 56
- 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, OK · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 56
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 6
- 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 4.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 557
- 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 6
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 55
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 11
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.77 km W of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 3.06 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.78 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 9
The first 60 of 195.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200067ec. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC.