Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 9 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 9 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Sat, Apr 23, 2016, 12:09 AM CDT (05:09 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-04-23 05:09:38 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.521° N, 98.984° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
55°
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: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.59 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 3.022 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.61 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 2.812 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 3.07 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 2.55 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 3.211 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.72 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.99 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 3.713 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 3.6Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.612 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
  23. 3.313 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.712 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.613 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  26. 2.817 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  27. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.310 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 3.57 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.78 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 2.65 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 2.98 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 3.011 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  43. 2.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 2.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 2.612 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.911 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 2.512 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.06 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 3.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  53. 2.98 km W of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  54. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  55. 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 2.56 km SSW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 2.77 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away

The first 60 of 119.

Before

  1. 2.78 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.89 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.318 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.615 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.517 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 3.24 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3810 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.96 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.86 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away

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