Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Thu, Aug 4, 2016, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 3 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-08-05 00:13:07 UTC
Depth
8.3 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.468° N, 98.751° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
57°
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: 128 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.612 km E of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.66 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.611 km E of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 3.26 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.911 km E of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3699 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 3.34 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3698 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.01 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3698 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.813 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.85 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.65 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.93 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 1.75 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.710 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 3.63 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 29
  19. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.413 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 2.512 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  22. 2.713 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 2.610 km ENE of Bison, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 3.13 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.910 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.57 km S of Alva, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 2.66 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 2.73 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 2.812 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3689 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 2.66 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  32. 3.33 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 15
  33. 2.92 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3687 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.71 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.51 km WSW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 2.522 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 3.28 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3685 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3685 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  40. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3683 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  44. 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 2.22 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  46. 2.98 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 3.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 24
  48. 2.810 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 3.06 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  51. 3.18 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.58 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 3.34 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 13
  54. 3.214 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 2.813 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3672 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 2.76 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.55 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 11
  60. 2.76 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away

The first 60 of 128.

Before

  1. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.519 km SE of Waynoka, OK · 3704 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3708 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3709 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3710 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3710 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3711 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3711 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.66 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3711 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.62 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3711 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3711 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 5
  12. 2.57 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3711 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.512 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3712 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.97 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3712 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  15. 3.47 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.56 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3714 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.46 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3714 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.5Oklahoma · 3715 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3716 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006a79. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC.