Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Sun, Mar 20, 2016, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 9 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-03-21 00:22:33 UTC
Depth
4.1 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.466° N, 98.753° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
73°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.49 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 2.018 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.54 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 3.13 km S of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.02 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 1.813 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 1.612 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 3.15 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.75 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.85 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 3.09 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.83 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  28. 2.810 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 3.07 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  31. 1.98 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  33. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  34. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  35. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  36. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  37. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  38. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  39. 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
  40. 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 1.5Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  43. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 3.27 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.55 km ENE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  46. 2.111 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  47. 1.95 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 2.59 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  49. 2.90 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.93 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  52. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  53. 2.70 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 3.322 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  56. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  57. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  58. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  59. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  60. 2.85 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 194.

Before

  1. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.114 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 3.17 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005bd9. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:01 AM UTC.