M2.6 earthquake Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 24, 2016, 4:30 PM CST (22:30 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 5 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-24 22:30:36 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.446° N, 98.775° 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, 4.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- 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: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 9
- 1.68 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.87 km S of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.08 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.65 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3547 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
- 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
- 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
- 2.612 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
- 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.1Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3528 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.413 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.61 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.613 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 1.78 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 9
- 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.01 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.53 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.610 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.813 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.09 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
- 2.18 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.65 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.57 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.210 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
- 3.27 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.014 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 72.
Before
- 2.73 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.010 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
- 2.310 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.96 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
- 2.56 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
- 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.69 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007mk4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:00 AM UTC.