M2.7 earthquake 5 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 5 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 12:51 AM CST (06:51 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-29 06:51:34 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.599° N, 97.619° 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 IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.7 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- 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
- 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.710 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.613 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3862 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.53 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 3.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 8
- 3.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 17
- 1.81 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3861 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.46 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.68 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3861 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.01 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3860 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.68 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
- 2.94 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.54 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.54 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.86 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.010 km NW of South Haven, Kansas · 3859 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.46 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5Kansas · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.15 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.68 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.73 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.53 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.08 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 3.14 km SE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3855 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 3855 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.610 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.618 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.922 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
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