Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Mon, Jun 20, 2016, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 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
2016-06-20 08:50:46 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.452° N, 98.770° 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 IV, light 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 140°, dip 75°, rake -25°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 237°, dip 66°, rake -164°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.2 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
76°
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: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.74 km NE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 3.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 1.65 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 3.32 km SSE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 3.09 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.75 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3749 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.56 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3749 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.55 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3749 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.95 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3749 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 3.45 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3748 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.66 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3747 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3746 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3746 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 3.15 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 3.49 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.75 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3744 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.612 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.510 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3741 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 2.83 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 2.812 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3739 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  30. 2.96 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 2.812 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3738 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.612 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 2.610 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 2.517 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 2.55 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.5Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  39. 2.7Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 56
  41. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, OK · 3735 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 56
  42. 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  43. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  44. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 6
  47. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  48. 4.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 557
  49. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6
  50. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  51. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 55
  52. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  53. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  54. 3.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 11
  55. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  56. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 2.77 km W of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  58. 3.06 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 2.78 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 9
  60. 3.05 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 136.

Before

  1. 3.37 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.86 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 3.02 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.12 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.85 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.05 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 3.35 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.86 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 3.35 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.54 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 3.05 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 2.75 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 2.55 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 3.15 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.813 km E of Chester, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 3.216 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200065gx. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:01 AM UTC.