Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 9 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Wed, Jul 20, 2016, 10:33 AM CDT (15:33 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-07-20 15:33:07 UTC
Depth
6.2 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.531° N, 98.971° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 3.0 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: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 3.47 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3727 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.97 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3726 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.512 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.57 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3725 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 5
  7. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3724 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3723 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3721 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.519 km SE of Waynoka, OK · 3717 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3716 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  14. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3714 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.612 km E of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.66 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.611 km E of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 2.96 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 3.26 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3713 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 2.911 km E of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3712 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 3.34 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3712 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.01 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3711 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.813 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3710 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 2.85 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3708 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.65 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3708 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 2.93 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3708 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3708 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 2.710 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 3707 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 3.63 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3706 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 29
  32. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3706 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 2.413 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3706 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.512 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  35. 2.713 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3705 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 3.13 km WSW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3704 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3703 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.57 km S of Alva, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 2.66 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 2.73 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 2.812 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  42. 2.66 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 3.33 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3702 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 15
  44. 2.522 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3699 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  45. 3.28 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3699 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3699 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  47. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  48. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  49. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3697 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3696 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  51. 2.98 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3692 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 3.34 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3687 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 13
  53. 3.214 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 2.813 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3686 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  55. 2.55 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 11
  57. 2.76 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 2.610 km NNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  59. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 2.93 km WNW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.86 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.710 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.59 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.95 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 2.85 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.85 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 3.27 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.016 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.512 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3739 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 2.617 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3739 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.05 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.06 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.77 km W of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3740 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006g6q. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:42 PM UTC.