M3.4 earthquake 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Sun, Feb 14, 2016, 4:42 PM CST (22:42 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 8 km S of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-14 22:42:58 UTC
- Depth
- 10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.472° N, 98.751° 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 II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.3 km horizontally, 6.2 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
- 2.43 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.018 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 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 · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.08 km SW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 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 · 6 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 · 4 km away
- 3.01 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.718 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.218 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.812 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.915 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.47 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.81 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.91 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.018 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
- 2.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.92 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 3.37 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.61 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.38 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.810 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.27 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.517 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.911 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.36 km WNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005075. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC.