M3.0 earthquake 7 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 7 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma on Sat, Mar 26, 2016, 11:07 AM CDT (16:07 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 4 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-26 16:07:26 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.879° N, 98.011° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.6 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- 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
- 2.62 km NNE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.88 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.24 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.517 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.14 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3809 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.08 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.67 km NW of Marland, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.61 km WSW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.74 km S of Braman, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.615 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.318 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 2.3Kansas · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.92 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.614 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.89 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.78 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 3.09 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.82 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.31 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.01 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.41 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.82 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 1.91 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3803 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3802 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.59 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.022 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.61 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.08 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 2.812 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.58 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.811 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.07 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005ckv. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC.