Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 4 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 4 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 18, 2016, 10:38 PM CST (04:38 UTC), 5 km (3 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
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-01-19 04:38:35 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.256° N, 98.431° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
122°
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 176 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.817 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 13
  5. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 3.33 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.59 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 3.02 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.84 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 2.55 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.96 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 2.86 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 3.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 3.010 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 3.07 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  17. 1.97 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.87 km N of Manchester, OK · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.56 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 3.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  23. 3.08 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  24. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 3.76 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 10
  27. 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  28. 3.16 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.85 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 2.57 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  32. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 2.57 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  35. 3.07 km NE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.63 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  38. 3.0Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  39. 3.08 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 3.34 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.811 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 2.83 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.82 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 2.83 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 2.64 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 2.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  48. 3.26 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 8
  49. 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  50. 2.54 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.89 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 2.66 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 2.722 km SW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 2.68 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  57. 3.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  59. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 2.69 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.26 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.54 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 3.08 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 13
  4. 4.1Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 27
  5. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.67 km S of Anthony, KS · 3905 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.65 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.57 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.96 km SE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  13. 3.57 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  14. 3.19 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.86 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.86 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.5Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.07 km NE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004fhq. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 6:47 PM UTC.