Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 5 km S of Nash, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 5 km S of Nash, Oklahoma on Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 6 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-15 22:09:01 UTC
Depth
6.2 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.614° N, 98.050° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.3 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.77 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 3.16 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 10
  6. 3.35 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  7. 2.44 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.67 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.68 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 6
  10. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 9
  11. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  12. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.78 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3641 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.012 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 3641 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.48 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  21. 1.59 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3638 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 3.62 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.7Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 2.72 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.37 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 1.911 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3637 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.65 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 2.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 3.05 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.63 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  34. 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 2.76 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  37. 3.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 2.79 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.912 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  41. 1.54 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 3632 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 1.74 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 3632 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 3.34 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 34
  44. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 2.58 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  46. 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 3.26 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
  48. 2.56 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 2.85 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.5Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 2.5Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.57 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 2.76 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  58. 1.74 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 2.15 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 2.64 km W of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5

The first 60 of 200.

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