M2.8 earthquake 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 2:43 PM CST (20:43 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 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
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-29 20:43:02 UTC
- Depth
- 4.4 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.474° N, 98.745° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 6.8 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
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
- 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
- 2.53 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.14 km SE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.118 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.418 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.118 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.618 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.922 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.97 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 14
- 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.018 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 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 · 1 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.08 km SW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
- 1.918 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.116 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.01 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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