M2.8 earthquake 16 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 16 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Sat, Jan 30, 2016, 5:49 AM CST (11:49 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 4 km SE of Jet, 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
- 2016-01-30 11:49:37 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.506° N, 98.718° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- 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
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.14 km SE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.118 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.418 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.118 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 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 · 8 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.97 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 14
- 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 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 · 8 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 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 · 5 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.08 km SW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
- 1.918 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.116 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.01 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.13 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 3.23 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.718 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.218 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
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