Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Thu, Jun 9, 2016, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-06-09 08:02:02 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.448° N, 98.780° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
IV, light shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
3.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 280°, dip 80°, rake -20°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 14°, dip 70°, rake -169°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.4 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
77°
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: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.77 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.57 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3755 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3755 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.79 km E of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.5Oklahoma · 3753 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3753 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 3.216 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3753 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.813 km E of Chester, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 3.15 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 2.55 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 2.75 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 3.05 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.54 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 3.35 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.86 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 3.35 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 3.05 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 2.85 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.12 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 3.02 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.86 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 3.37 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3747 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3746 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  28. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 2.74 km NE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 3.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 1.65 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 3.32 km SSE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3744 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  34. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 3.09 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 2.75 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 2.56 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 2.55 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 2.95 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 3.45 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3741 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.66 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3739 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 2.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 3.15 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 3.49 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.75 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 2.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  49. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.612 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.510 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  55. 2.83 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 2.812 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 2.96 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 2.812 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 2.612 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of 135.

Before

  1. 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.55 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  7. 3.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.55 km NW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.68 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3761 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.75 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3761 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.50 km SE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.59 km N of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.57 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3763 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.54 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3763 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.77 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3763 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 3.24 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.78 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.58 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006314. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:43 AM UTC.