M2.8 earthquake 7 km S of Ringwood, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 7 km S of Ringwood, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 28, 2016, 6:53 PM CST (00:53 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-29 00:53:17 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.309° N, 98.234° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Edmond.
From the USGS event page for us10007ng2. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.6 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- 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: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.83 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.89 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.15 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 2.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
- 2.14 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.08 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3559 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 9
- 2.511 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.58 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.711 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3556 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 2.65 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3556 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3556 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3555 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
- 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.28 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3554 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 3.06 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 8
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 7
- 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 2.14 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3549 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 7
- 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 6
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 2.78 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 2.06 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.97 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3544 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.612 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
- 2.59 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of 160.
Before
- 1.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3564 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 9
- 2.73 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3567 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3567 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3567 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.73 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3567 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.010 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.310 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 9
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Garber, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
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