Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 8 km W of Mutual, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 8 km W of Mutual, Oklahoma on Fri, Mar 18, 2016, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 6 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-03-18 23:06:46 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.230° N, 99.260° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.9 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
228°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.96 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.5Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.66 km S of Mutual, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.018 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.58 km W of Mutual, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.017 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 3.26 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.214 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.17 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  13. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.114 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.49 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.018 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 3.13 km S of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 1.813 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 1.612 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 2.75 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 2.85 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 3.09 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.83 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 2.6Texas Panhandle region · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  45. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 1.5Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 2.55 km ENE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 2.111 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 2.93 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 3.322 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 127.

Before

  1. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.87 km WSW of Mutual, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.85 km SW of Mutual, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.77 km WSW of Mutual, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.118 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 2.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 1.613 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.812 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.8Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005aws. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:08 PM UTC.