M2.6 earthquake 3 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma on Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 9:42 AM CDT (14:42 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 7 km SE 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
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-30 14:42:11 UTC
- Depth
- 7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.360° N, 98.161° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- 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: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.37 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
- 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.44 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 11
- 1.84 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.42 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 3.13 km SSW of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 3.33 km S of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 17
- 3.02 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 7
- 2.10 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.74 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
- 2.51 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.27 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
- 2.57 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.96 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.05 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3610 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 2.62 km N of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 11
- 3.47 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 41
- 3.09 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 39
- 2.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 22
- 1.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 26
- 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 9
- 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.314 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 12
- 2.514 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.68 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3605 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 41
- 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 2.93 km SSW of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
- 2.72 km SSW of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.43 km SSW of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 9
- 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.63 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.76 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.611 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.411 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.59 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.37 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.58 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 1.67 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.610 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 7
- 2.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.116 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.66 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of 174.
Before
- 1.88 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.27 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.16 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.43 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.29 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.75 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.56 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000733g. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC.