Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Tue, Mar 29, 2016, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-03-29 21:19:38 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.448° N, 98.770° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
101°
Stations used
18

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 169.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005d8g. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.