M2.8 earthquake 9 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma on Tue, Jan 26, 2016, 1:44 PM CST (19:44 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 3 km NE of Meridian, 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
- 2016-01-26 19:44:23 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.641° N, 97.701° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- 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
- 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.76 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.26 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.36 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.03 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.78 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.97 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.42 km NNE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 14
- 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.78 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 12
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.018 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.917 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.95 km ENE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.718 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.611 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 3.08 km SW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 5
- 1.918 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.116 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.01 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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