M2.9 earthquake 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Wed, Jan 27, 2016, 7:12 PM CST (01:12 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 5 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-28 01:12:22 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.479° N, 98.731° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.15 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 8
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 19
- 2.615 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
- 2.53 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.14 km SE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.118 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.418 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.118 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.618 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.922 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.97 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 14
- 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.018 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.718 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.08 km SW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
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