Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 9 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 9 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 28, 2016, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 5 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-03-28 21:04:25 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.813° N, 97.866° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.2 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
61°
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. 2.14 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3808 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 3.08 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.67 km NW of Marland, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.61 km WSW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.74 km S of Braman, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 2.615 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 3.014 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.318 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.3Kansas · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.92 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.94 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 1.614 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 2.89 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 2.78 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.82 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 2.31 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 2.01 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 2.41 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 2.82 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 2.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.91 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3802 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 1.76 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3802 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  36. 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  37. 2.59 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 3.022 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.61 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  43. 3.08 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.812 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 2.58 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.811 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  47. 3.07 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.54 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  52. 2.011 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  53. 1.611 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 3.211 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  55. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  56. 2.72 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  57. 3.43 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3796 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  58. 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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