Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Thu, Mar 24, 2016, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-03-25 00:46:49 UTC
Depth
5.4 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.474° N, 98.739° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
70°
Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 192 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.810 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 3.07 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.98 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
  18. 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 1.5Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 3.27 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  23. 2.55 km ENE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 2.111 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 1.95 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.59 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 2.90 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.93 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  30. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 2.70 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 3.322 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  35. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  36. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  37. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  38. 2.85 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 3.47 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 2.64 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  43. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 2.55 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 1.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  46. 2.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  47. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  48. 2.717 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  49. 3.32 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  51. 1.61 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 2.89 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 1.518 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  55. 2.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 2.64 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3821 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  57. 2.55 km SW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 3.74 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.86 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 2.56 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 192.

Before

  1. 2.83 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.09 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.85 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.75 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005cca. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC.