M2.7 earthquake 3 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 3 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma on Tue, Aug 16, 2016, 7:35 AM CDT (12:35 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 8 km W of Wakita, 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
- 2016-08-16 12:35:15 UTC
- Depth
- 6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.675° N, 98.147° 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, 6.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- 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
- 1.67 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3679 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.67 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3679 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.98 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.410 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 24
- 3.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 7
- 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.96 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3676 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.810 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.06 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.18 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 2.05 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3675 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.58 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.34 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 13
- 2.68 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.54 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.16 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3674 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.07 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3674 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3674 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.214 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.813 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.5Kansas · 3673 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3673 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.76 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.55 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3672 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.55 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3672 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.60 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.46 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 25
- 2.64 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.35 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3671 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2Kansas · 3671 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 79
- 1.65 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3671 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.55 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3671 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.55 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.58 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.97 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3670 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.87 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 7
- 2.714 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
- 1.66 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 11
- 2.76 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.19 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.47 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 75
- 3.74 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
- 2.86 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 8
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