Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 8 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Fri, Aug 19, 2016, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-08-20 02:32:06 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.536° N, 98.959° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
83°
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: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3693 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3691 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 2.98 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3687 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 3.34 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 13
  8. 3.214 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.813 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 2.55 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 11
  12. 2.76 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.610 km NNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.67 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.04 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.33 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 31
  21. 3.73 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
  22. 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 14
  23. 2.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 2.822 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 2.85 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 3.09 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  27. 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 7
  28. 3.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
  29. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 2.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  32. 2.75 km SSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 2.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 2.513 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  35. 3.89 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 29
  36. 2.75 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 2.59 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 2.84 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 2.76 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 3.16 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 10
  44. 3.35 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
  45. 2.44 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.68 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
  47. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  49. 3.05 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
  50. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  51. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.64 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  54. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  55. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  56. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.65 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 2.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  59. 3.05 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.63 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 74.

Before

  1. 2.522 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 3.33 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 15
  3. 2.66 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 2.812 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.73 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.66 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.57 km S of Alva, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.13 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3699 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.713 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3699 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 2.512 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3700 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 2.413 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3701 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3701 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 3.63 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3701 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 29
  15. 2.710 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 2.93 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.65 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 2.85 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.813 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006fc2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:08 AM UTC.