M3.2 earthquake 7 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 7 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma on Wed, Jan 6, 2016, 4:40 AM CST (10:40 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 18 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-06 10:40:29 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.730° N, 98.019° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.5 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- 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
- 1.922 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.722 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 3.518 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
- 1.93 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3868 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.117 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 5
- 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 2.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.71 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.02 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3867 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.82 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3867 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.07 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.91 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.910 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.05 km SE of Garber, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.117 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.918 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.718 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.911 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3865 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9Kansas · 3865 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 10
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Bluff City, KS · 3864 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.63 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3864 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.018 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.85 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.65 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.815 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.911 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 2.315 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.85 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004bqx. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:01 AM UTC.