Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 11:47 AM CST (17:47 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 18 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-01-29 17:47:12 UTC
Depth
8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.486° N, 98.740° 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 IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.0 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
117°
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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 178 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.515 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.66 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.77 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.816 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.67 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.74 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 2.713 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3892 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  21. 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.7Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  23. 1.76 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 2.06 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  30. 3.12 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 3.52 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.63 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3889 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 3.44 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
  35. 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 2.55 km ESE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 2.76 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 2.810 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 2.5Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 2.58 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3888 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 2.78 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.68 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 2.7Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  45. 2.922 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  46. 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3886 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.02 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 1.92 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 3.12 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 6
  51. 1.92 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 2.68 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3884 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 1.712 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3884 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 1.72 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3884 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 2.12 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3884 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 3.07 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3884 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  57. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3884 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  58. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3884 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.54 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3883 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 2.83 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3883 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.510 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.71 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.56 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.94 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.69 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 3.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.68 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.722 km SW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.66 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.89 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 3.26 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 8
  14. 2.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.64 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.83 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.83 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.811 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 3.34 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004vjc. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:59 AM UTC.