Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 6 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 6 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Sat, Oct 15, 2016, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 8 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-10-15 20:17:27 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.513° N, 99.055° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.3 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
106°
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: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 3.18 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.65 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 2.813 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 3.113 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
  6. 3.89 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 4.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 48
  8. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 2.8Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 3.113 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
  22. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 2.56 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 2.75 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 2.9Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.74 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  33. 2.57 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.62 km N of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3610 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 4.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 22
  36. 3.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 26
  37. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 9
  38. 2.64 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 2.76 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 2.58 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.610 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 7
  42. 2.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 3.116 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  48. 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  49. 2.54 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3597 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.61 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.52 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  53. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
  55. 2.82 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  56. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 10
  59. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3593 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  60. 2.75 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3592 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 80.

Before

  1. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.5Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.5Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.56 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 3.26 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 3.34 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 34
  8. 2.912 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.76 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.63 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 3.05 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.65 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007eed. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC.