Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Sat, Mar 26, 2016, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 4 km N of Meno, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-03-27 00:56:27 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.465° N, 98.761° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 185 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
  5. 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.5Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 3.27 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.55 km ENE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.111 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 1.95 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.59 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.90 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.93 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.70 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 3.322 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  23. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 2.85 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 3.47 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 2.64 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 2.55 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 1.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 2.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  34. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  35. 2.717 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  36. 3.32 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  38. 1.61 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 2.89 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  41. 1.518 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 2.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 2.64 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  44. 2.55 km SW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 3.74 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.86 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.56 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  49. 3.13 km NNE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.83 km NNE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  54. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 3.010 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  57. 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 3.49 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  59. 3.55 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3823 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  60. 3.37 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3822 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 185.

Before

  1. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.98 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3839 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.07 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.810 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.83 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.09 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.85 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 2.75 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005cmg. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC.