M2.5 earthquake 10 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 10 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 7:56 AM CST (13:56 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 5 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-29 13:56:58 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.803° N, 97.856° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.96 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.018 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.917 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.95 km ENE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.718 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3848 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.611 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 3.08 km SW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 5
- 1.918 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.116 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.01 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.13 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 3.23 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3847 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 3847 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.718 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
- 1.88 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.218 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.812 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.915 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.47 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.81 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.91 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.018 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
- 2.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004vi8. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC.