Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 1, 2016, 8:43 AM CST (14:43 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 6 km SSW of Enid, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-12-01 14:43:59 UTC
Depth
7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.453° N, 98.776° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

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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 1.7 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
67°
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: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3581 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.69 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3577 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.64 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3576 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 3.46 km SSW of Enid, Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 101
  8. 3.29 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.5Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 1.57 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3571 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 3.25 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.67 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.71 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 2.69 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 3.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 2.56 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.96 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
  26. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  28. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 2.310 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  34. 3.010 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 2.73 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.6Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  39. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 9
  41. 1.68 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 2.87 km S of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.66 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  45. 2.08 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.65 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3547 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  51. 2.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
  52. 3.3Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
  53. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  54. 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  57. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  58. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.41 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3583 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3584 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.88 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 2.67 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.69 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.512 km WSW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3589 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.914 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3590 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  12. 3.09 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.75 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3592 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 10
  16. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.82 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007e18. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:48 AM UTC.