M2.2 earthquake 6 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 6 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 18, 2016, 2:24 PM CST (20:24 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 4 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-18 20:24:06 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.744° N, 98.075° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 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 1.1 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 33
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
- 2.94 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.39 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.118 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 1.54 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.54 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.86 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.010 km NW of South Haven, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.46 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.15 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
- 1.65 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.68 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 19
- 2.615 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
- 2.53 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.08 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 3.14 km SE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3855 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 3855 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.118 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.418 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.118 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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