Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Tue, Feb 2, 2016, 2:20 AM CST (08:20 UTC), 10 km (6 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
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-02-02 08:20:34 UTC
Depth
9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.479° N, 98.744° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.3 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
116°
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 182 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  4. 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.7Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.76 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.06 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.12 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 3.52 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.63 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3889 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 3.44 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
  18. 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.55 km ESE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.76 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.810 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.5Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.58 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3888 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.78 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.68 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 2.7Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 2.922 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  29. 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3886 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 2.02 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 1.92 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 3.12 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 6
  34. 1.92 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.68 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3884 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 1.712 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3884 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 1.72 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3884 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 2.12 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3884 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 3.07 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3884 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  40. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3884 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3884 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.54 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3884 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 2.83 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3883 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  44. 2.59 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3883 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 1.53 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.56 km SE of Drummond, Oklahoma · 3883 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 1.92 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 2.02 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3883 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 2.67 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3883 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 2.616 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  51. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 5.118 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4,049
  53. 4.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 33
  54. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 3.19 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
  56. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  57. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
  58. 3.417 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 5
  59. 2.417 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  60. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.713 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.74 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.67 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.816 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 2.77 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.66 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.515 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  14. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.510 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 2.71 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.56 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004wih. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC.