M3.2 earthquake 5 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 5 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 14, 2016, 1:12 PM CST (19:12 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 12 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-14 19:12:42 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.671° N, 97.734° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 6
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.1 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 45°
- 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
- 3.12 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
- 2.71 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3566 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.03 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3566 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.515 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.312 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.33 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 2.59 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.75 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 3564 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3562 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.61 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3562 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.62 km N of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.98 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3562 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 7
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.96 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Garber, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.13 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3561 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3560 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.85 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 9
- 3.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 18
- 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.55 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.73 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3556 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.61 km E of Danville, Kansas · 3556 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.73 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3556 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 9
- 1.68 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3555 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.87 km S of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.48 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.83 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.89 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.15 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 2.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 9
- 2.57 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.58 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3551 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
- 2.14 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3551 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.03 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.08 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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