M2.8 earthquake 5 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 5 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 22, 2016, 8:17 AM CST (14:17 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 8 km S of Perry, 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
- 2016-01-22 14:17:39 UTC
- Depth
- 6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.600° N, 97.830° 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, 6.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- 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
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.08 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 3.14 km SE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.118 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.418 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.118 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.610 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.618 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.922 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.76 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.26 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.36 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.03 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.78 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.97 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.42 km NNE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 14
- 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.78 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 12
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.018 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.917 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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