M2.6 earthquake 6 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma on Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 6 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-30 08:27:46 UTC
- Depth
- 4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.938° N, 97.908° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- 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
- 1.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.47 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 75
- 3.74 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6
- 2.86 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 8
- 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.63 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.98 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.67 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.911 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 108
- 3.011 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 5
- 2.75 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 5
- 3.04 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.91 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.99 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.810 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3661 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.33 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 31
- 3.73 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
- 3.07 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 5
- 3.310 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3661 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.37 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3660 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
- 1.75 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3660 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 14
- 2.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.77 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.17 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3659 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.822 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.85 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 3.09 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
- 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 3.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 6
- 3.05 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.912 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3657 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 13
- 2.63 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.86 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.31 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 9
- 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.56 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006v91. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:31 AM UTC.