Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 5 km W of Medford, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 5 km W of Medford, Oklahoma on Wed, Mar 30, 2016, 3:13 AM CDT (08:13 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-03-30 08:13:18 UTC
Depth
6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.812° N, 97.800° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
41°
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. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3806 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.615 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 3.014 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.318 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.3Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.92 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.94 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.614 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.89 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.78 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.82 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 2.31 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.01 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 2.41 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 2.82 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 2.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.91 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3802 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 1.76 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3802 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 2.59 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 3.022 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 2.61 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  36. 3.08 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.812 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 2.58 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.811 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  40. 3.07 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.54 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 2.011 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  46. 1.611 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 3.211 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 2.72 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.43 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3796 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  51. 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 3.01 km WSW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.61 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.99 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  58. 3.713 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 3.6Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005dcl. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:53 AM UTC.