Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Fri, Sep 16, 2016, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-09-16 23:55:33 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.459° N, 98.759° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
7
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
IV, light shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.6 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
53°
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: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
  3. 3.05 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.56 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.76 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.75 km SSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 3.96 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 129
  11. 2.55 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.56 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.86 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 3.15 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.55 km SSE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.75 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.513 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  21. 3.89 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 29
  22. 2.75 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 2.59 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 2.84 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 2.76 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 1.77 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 3.16 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 10
  31. 3.35 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
  32. 2.44 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.68 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 6
  34. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 3.05 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
  37. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  38. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.64 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  43. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.65 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  45. 2.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 3.05 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.63 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 2.76 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  50. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  51. 3.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.79 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.912 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  54. 3.34 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 34
  55. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  56. 2.58 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 3.26 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  58. 2.56 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  59. 2.85 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  60. 2.5Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away

The first 60 of 125.

Before

  1. 3.09 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.85 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.822 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 14
  7. 1.62 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 3.37 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.35 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 3.07 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  11. 3.73 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
  12. 3.33 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 31
  13. 2.66 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  16. 3.04 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 2.67 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
  20. 2.98 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away

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