Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 14 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 30, 2016, 2:11 PM CST (20:11 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-12-30 20:11:33 UTC
Depth
13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.469° N, 98.792° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.1 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
84°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.08 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.65 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3547 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
  8. 3.3Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 7
  9. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
  18. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.612 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  23. 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 3.3Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  26. 3.1Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.35 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3528 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 2.413 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  31. 2.61 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 2.613 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  33. 1.78 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  35. 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 9
  36. 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 3.01 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 2.53 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  42. 2.610 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  43. 2.813 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 3.09 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
  45. 2.18 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 1.65 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 2.57 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 3.210 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
  49. 3.27 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  50. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  51. 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 2.5Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 3.014 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  55. 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  56. 2.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  57. 2.6Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.58 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  60. 1.75 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 72.

Before

  1. 2.66 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.87 km S of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.68 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 9
  5. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.6Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.73 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 3.010 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.310 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.96 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.56 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007nte. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC.