Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 10 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 10 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 7:26 AM CST (13:26 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 10 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-11-13 13:26:08 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.764° N, 98.036° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
7
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

7 people 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 1.1 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
56°
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: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 3.116 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.65 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.66 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3598 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3598 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
  12. 2.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3597 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.64 km SE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3597 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.611 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3596 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.56 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.54 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.55 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.61 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  22. 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 10
  27. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3592 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 2.75 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 3.09 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3590 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3589 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 2.43 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3588 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.73 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3588 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 2.78 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  34. 4.04 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 260
  35. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.512 km WSW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 2.64 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 2.69 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 1.82 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 2.72 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  41. 1.72 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3587 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 2.56 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
  44. 2.67 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 1.62 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3586 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 2.88 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3585 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 2.59 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3585 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 3.68 km WSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3585 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 21
  49. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3585 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 2.39 km WNW of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3584 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
  51. 2.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3584 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.41 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3583 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3581 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3581 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  55. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3581 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 2.211 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3581 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3581 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.88 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 2.69 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 1.63 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3579 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 176.

Before

  1. 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.67 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.58 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.63 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 2.37 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.59 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.411 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.611 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.76 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.63 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.6Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.64 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 3.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 41
  20. 1.68 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3604 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100077ai. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC.