Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 10 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 10 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Mon, Sep 19, 2016, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 9 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-19 20:58:19 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.527° N, 98.977° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
84°
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: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.75 km SSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.513 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.89 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 29
  5. 2.75 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.59 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 2.84 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.76 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  12. 3.16 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 10
  13. 3.35 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.68 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 3.05 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
  18. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.64 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  24. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.65 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 2.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 3.05 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.63 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 2.76 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  32. 3.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  33. 2.912 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  34. 3.34 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 34
  35. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  36. 3.26 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.56 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  38. 2.5Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 2.5Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  40. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 2.76 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 3.18 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 2.65 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 2.813 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 3.113 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
  47. 3.89 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 4.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 48
  49. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  50. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  54. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  55. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 2.8Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  57. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  59. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  60. 3.113 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of 98.

Before

  1. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 3.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
  4. 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 7
  5. 3.09 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.85 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.822 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 2.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 14
  10. 3.73 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
  11. 3.33 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 31
  12. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  14. 3.04 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.67 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.610 km NNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 2.76 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 11

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006qx3. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC.