Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Wed, May 25, 2016, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-05-25 07:22:15 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.457° N, 98.767° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
0

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 156 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.85 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.97 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.69 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.75 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.84 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.87 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.63 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3767 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.86 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.58 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.67 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.74 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.58 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 2.78 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  22. 3.24 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.77 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3763 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 2.54 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3763 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  25. 2.57 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3763 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.59 km N of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.50 km SE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 2.75 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3761 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 2.68 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3761 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 2.55 km NW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  34. 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.55 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  37. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  39. 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.77 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 2.57 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3755 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3755 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.79 km E of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  45. 2.5Oklahoma · 3753 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3753 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  47. 3.216 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3753 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.813 km E of Chester, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 3.15 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 2.55 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  51. 2.75 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  52. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 3.05 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 2.54 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  55. 3.35 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.86 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  57. 3.35 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 3.05 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 2.85 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.12 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 156.

Before

  1. 2.93 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.610 km SSE of Sun City, Kansas · 3773 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.08 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3773 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.57 km N of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3773 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.66 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3774 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 3.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.67 km ENE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.37 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.67 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.77 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 2.27 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.56 km SSW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005xrd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:05 AM UTC.