Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 6 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma on Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 6:58 AM CDT (11:58 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-07-15 11:58:50 UTC
Depth
6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.854° N, 97.861° 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 1.2 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: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 149 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.711 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3728 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.55 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 2.25 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.15 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 2.95 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.65 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.35 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.59 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.56 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 4.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 970
  14. 3.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.85 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 3.14 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  18. 2.710 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.34 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.69 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 2.54 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 3.210 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.66 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 3725 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 3.48 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 2.58 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 2.54 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 3.2Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 1.92 km NE of Freeport, Kansas · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 2.93 km WNW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 2.5Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  33. 1.51 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 3722 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 2.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3722 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 3.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.48 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 3.12 km WSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  39. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 2.46 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 1.56 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 3.47 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.06 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3720 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 2.97 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.512 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3719 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.65 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3719 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  47. 1.75 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 3719 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 2.57 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  50. 1.62 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3718 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  51. 2.66 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 2.57 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3718 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3717 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3716 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 3.68 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3714 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 30

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.85 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 3.03 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 3.27 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.016 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.14 km NNE of Freeport, Kansas · 3731 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 1.98 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3731 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.512 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.67 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.5Kansas · 3732 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 1.62 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3732 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 2.510 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.56 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.617 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.88 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3733 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006exa. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:37 AM UTC.