M2.5 earthquake 6 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Mon, Nov 14, 2016, 7:57 AM CST (13:57 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 16 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-14 13:57:52 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.763° N, 98.076° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- 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: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3598 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3598 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 4
- 2.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3597 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3597 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.611 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3596 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.56 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.54 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.61 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.82 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 10
- 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3592 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.75 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.09 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3590 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3589 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.43 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3588 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.73 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3588 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.78 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 4.04 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 260
- 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 2.512 km WSW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.64 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.69 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.82 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.72 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 1.72 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3587 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
- 2.67 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.62 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3586 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.88 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3585 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.59 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3585 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.68 km WSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3585 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 21
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3585 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.39 km WNW of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3584 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
- 2.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3584 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 2.41 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3583 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3581 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3581 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3581 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.211 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3581 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3581 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.69 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.63 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3579 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.99 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3579 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3578 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.32 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3577 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 8
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3577 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of 174.
Before
- 2.66 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.116 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.610 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 7
- 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.67 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.58 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
- 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.37 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.59 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.411 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 2.611 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.63 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100077p7. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC.