Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 13 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 13 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 12:34 PM CDT (17:34 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 5 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-25 17:34:52 UTC
Depth
5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.771° N, 98.525° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
73°
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: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.75 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.59 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.84 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.76 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 3.16 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 10
  9. 3.35 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
  10. 2.68 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
  11. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 9
  12. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 3.05 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  14. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.64 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.412 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  21. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.65 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 2.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 3.05 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 2.76 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  28. 3.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.912 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 3.26 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.56 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 2.5Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 2.5Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 2.76 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.64 km W of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
  39. 2.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 3.18 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 2.813 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 3.113 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  43. 3.89 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 4.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 48
  45. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 2.8Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 2.512 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 7
  58. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
  59. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 95.

Before

  1. 2.75 km SSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
  5. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.822 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 14
  9. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
  10. 3.73 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
  11. 3.33 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 31
  12. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.63 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 11
  18. 2.55 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 79
  20. 2.813 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006ski. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:04 AM UTC.