Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 5 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Sun, Oct 9, 2016, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 4 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-10-09 20:07:22 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.506° N, 99.066° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.4 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
111°
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: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.63 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.76 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.912 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  7. 3.34 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 34
  8. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 3.26 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.56 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.5Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 2.5Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 2.76 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 3.18 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.65 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.813 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 3.113 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  20. 3.89 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 4.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 48
  22. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 2.8Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  31. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 3.113 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
  36. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 2.56 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  40. 2.75 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  42. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  43. 2.9Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 2.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  46. 2.74 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
  47. 2.57 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.62 km N of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 4.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 22
  50. 3.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 26
  51. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 9
  52. 2.64 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 2.76 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 2.58 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.610 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
  56. 2.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 3.116 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  58. 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  59. 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 89.

Before

  1. 2.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.65 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 2.64 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.05 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.68 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
  14. 3.35 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 5
  15. 3.16 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 10
  16. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 2.76 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.84 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007czn. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC.