Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 13 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Wed, Apr 20, 2016, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 8 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-04-21 00:28:39 UTC
Depth
2.5 km (1.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.465° N, 98.840° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
100°
Stations used
72

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 3.318 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 2.89 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.78 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 3.09 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.59 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 3.022 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.61 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 2.812 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 3.07 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 2.55 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 3.211 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.72 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  22. 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.99 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 3.713 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 3.6Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.612 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  30. 3.313 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 2.712 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 2.613 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 2.817 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  34. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.310 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 3.57 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 2.78 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 2.65 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 2.98 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 3.011 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  50. 2.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  51. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 2.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 3.07 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.612 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.911 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 2.512 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.06 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 3.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of 135.

Before

  1. 2.615 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 2.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.517 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 3.24 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3810 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.96 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.86 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.96 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.113 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  16. 3.012 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 3.55 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3816 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 3.49 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 2.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005kbe. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:04 AM UTC.