Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 5 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 5 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma on Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 1:45 AM CST (07:45 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-02-23 07:45:13 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.287° N, 97.836° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
69°
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. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.810 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.07 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.98 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.91 km WSW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5
  16. 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 3.01 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.5Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.5Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 3.27 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.55 km ENE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 2.111 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 2.511 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 1.95 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 2.913 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 2.59 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 2.90 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  31. 4.24 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 726
  32. 2.93 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 3.64 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 31
  35. 2.62 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.810 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.70 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 2.85 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 11
  40. 3.322 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  44. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.85 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 2.513 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  49. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 3.47 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  51. 2.64 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 3.04 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 3.2Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
  55. 2.84 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 3.2Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 12
  57. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.85 km NNW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 2.55 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004ry2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:27 PM UTC.