Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Wed, May 4, 2016, 11:38 AM CDT (16:38 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 7 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-05-04 16:38:53 UTC
Depth
7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.458° N, 98.762° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
72°
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: 157 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.92 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3792 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.310 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 3.57 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.78 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.78 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.65 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.78 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.98 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 3.011 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 2.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.53 km S of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 3.07 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.612 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.911 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 2.512 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 2.52 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.06 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 3.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 2.98 km W of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 9
  34. 1.78 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  36. 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3779 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.87 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 2.25 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  41. 2.56 km SSW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  43. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  44. 2.27 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 2.77 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  46. 2.67 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 2.37 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 2.67 km ENE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 3.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  53. 1.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3774 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 2.66 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 2.57 km N of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3773 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 2.08 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3773 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 2.610 km SSE of Sun City, Kansas · 3773 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  59. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  60. 2.93 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 157.

Before

  1. 2.817 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.613 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.712 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 3.313 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.62 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.612 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  8. 3.05 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 3.6Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 3.713 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.99 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.72 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 3.211 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.55 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away

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