M2.8 earthquake 1 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 1 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma on Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 1:40 AM CST (07:40 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 2 km E of Luther, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-13 07:40:18 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.103° N, 97.880° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.410 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.89 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.56 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.518 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.95 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km SW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.32 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
- 3.12 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 3.74 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.86 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.56 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.13 km NNE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 4.21 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 197
- 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.71 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
- 3.1Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.71 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 3.110 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.23 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.12 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.83 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.81 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.02 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.83 km NNE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.17 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 14
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.62 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
- 3.010 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km S of Braman, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.43 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 32
- 2.62 km NE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.61 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.55 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3816 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.88 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3815 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3815 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.37 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3815 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.89 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3814 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 3.08 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3813 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.59 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3813 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.67 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3813 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.012 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.113 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.96 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.69 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.84 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
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