Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 7 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 7 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 7:20 PM CST (01:20 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 18 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-01-30 01:20:52 UTC
Depth
3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.922° N, 97.988° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
100°
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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.59 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.76 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.816 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.67 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.610 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3895 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.510 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.74 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.410 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3894 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.713 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  12. 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.78 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3893 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3893 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.6Kansas · 3893 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3892 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 3.59 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.111 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 2.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 5
  24. 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 2.7Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 1.76 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 2.06 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 1.512 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 1.6Kansas · 3891 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 2.25 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3890 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  33. 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  34. 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.63 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 3.13 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.12 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 3.52 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  41. 2.63 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 3.44 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 6
  44. 2.111 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  45. 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  46. 2.55 km ESE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  47. 2.810 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  48. 2.5Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 2.58 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 2.54 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3887 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 2.78 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.68 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 2.85 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 2.922 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.67 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3886 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 2.35 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.66 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.515 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.510 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.71 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.56 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.75 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.94 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.69 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.611 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  17. 3.59 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 72
  18. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 3.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.68 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004vsr. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:36 AM UTC.