Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 2 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma on Thu, Jun 16, 2016, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-06-16 06:15:04 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.376° N, 97.720° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
76°
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. 2.56 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.84 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.53 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.5Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.54 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.7Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 56
  8. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, OK · 3728 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 56
  9. 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
  14. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  15. 4.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 557
  16. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
  17. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 55
  19. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 3.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 11
  23. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 3.06 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.06 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 2.610 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
  28. 2.78 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 9
  29. 3.63 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
  30. 2.93 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 3.05 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  32. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  33. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 3.14 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.617 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.56 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.59 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 2.510 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 1.62 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3725 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 1.5Kansas · 3725 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 3.14 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.67 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 2.53 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 2.512 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 1.98 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3724 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 2.14 km NNE of Freeport, Kansas · 3724 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.72 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 2.03 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.016 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  51. 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.27 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 2.70 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 3.03 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 2.85 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 2.84 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  59. 2.86 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  60. 1.711 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200064qj. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC.