Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 5 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Sun, Oct 2, 2016, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-10-02 21:32:13 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.503° N, 99.057° 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 3.1 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
70°
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: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.05 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 4
  2. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.64 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.65 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 3.05 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.63 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.76 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.912 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  18. 3.34 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 34
  19. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 3.26 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.56 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 2.5Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 2.5Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 2.76 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 3.18 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 2.65 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 2.813 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 3.113 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
  31. 3.89 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 4.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 48
  33. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  40. 2.8Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  43. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 3.113 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  45. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  46. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
  47. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  48. 2.56 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  49. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 2.75 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  53. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 2.9Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 2.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  57. 2.74 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  58. 2.57 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.62 km N of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 4.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3610 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 22

The first 60 of 96.

Before

  1. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.68 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
  3. 3.35 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
  4. 3.16 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 10
  5. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.76 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.84 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.59 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.75 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 3.89 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 29
  13. 2.513 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.75 km SSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 3.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
  20. 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 7

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006ukd. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.