Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 7 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 7 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 8, 2016, 3:54 AM CST (09:54 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 18 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-01-08 09:54:40 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.730° N, 98.014° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.8 km horizontally, 6.7 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: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.816 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  2. 3.916 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.15 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 3.13 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 3.517 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.64 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.516 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.56 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.74 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
  13. 3.0Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.64 km WSW of South Haven, Kansas · 3910 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.517 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.82 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 3.17 km SW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.60 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3910 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 3.415 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  21. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 2.05 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3909 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  24. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.417 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  28. 1.63 km N of Freeport, Kansas · 3908 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 2.07 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3908 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 2.06 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3907 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 3.24 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  33. 1.66 km WSW of South Haven, Kansas · 3907 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 3.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.57 km E of Nash, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.86 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 1.52 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 3906 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 3.215 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 2.07 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3906 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 2.36 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3906 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 2.56 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 3.45 km NNE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 3.512 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 14
  46. 3.312 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  47. 3.111 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
  48. 3.06 km NNE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.07 km NE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.5Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.86 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 2.86 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 3.19 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  56. 3.57 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
  57. 2.96 km SE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.57 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.33 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.56 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 6
  3. 1.911 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3912 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.0Kansas · 3912 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  7. 3.0Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.718 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 3.717 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 41
  12. 2.716 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  15. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.61 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.49 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.63 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3913 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004cbr. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC.