Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 6 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma on Fri, Apr 1, 2016, 7:19 AM CDT (12:19 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 18 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-04-01 12:19:49 UTC
Depth
5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.701° N, 98.243° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
68°
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. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 3.318 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.3Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.92 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.94 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.614 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.89 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 2.78 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.09 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.82 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.31 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3803 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.01 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3803 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.41 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3803 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.82 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.91 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3802 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 1.76 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3801 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 2.59 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 3.022 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 2.61 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 3.08 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.812 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 2.58 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.811 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 3.07 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 2.55 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 2.011 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 1.611 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 3.211 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 2.72 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.43 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3796 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 3.01 km WSW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.61 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.99 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 3.713 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 3.6Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005dwn. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.