Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 5 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Fri, Apr 29, 2016, 8:04 AM CDT (13:04 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 11 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-04-29 13:04:56 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.497° N, 99.075° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.2 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
137°
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: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.211 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.72 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.713 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 3.6Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.612 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  11. 3.313 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.712 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.613 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.817 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  15. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.310 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 3.57 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.78 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 2.65 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 2.98 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 3.011 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  31. 2.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 2.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 2.612 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.911 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  37. 2.512 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 2.98 km W of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  44. 2.56 km SSW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  47. 2.77 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  48. 2.67 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 2.67 km ENE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  50. 2.57 km N of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3773 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 2.610 km SSE of Sun City, Kansas · 3772 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  53. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 2.93 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  55. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.84 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 2.86 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 114.

Before

  1. 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 2.812 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.61 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.022 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.59 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 3.09 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 2.78 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.89 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.318 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.615 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 2.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away

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