Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Sun, Oct 23, 2016, 3:05 AM CDT (08:05 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 5 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-10-23 08:05:16 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.447° N, 98.776° 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
75°
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: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3620 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.56 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.75 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.9Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.10 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.74 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.57 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.62 km N of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3610 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 4.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 22
  17. 3.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 26
  18. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 9
  19. 3.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 41
  20. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.64 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  23. 2.76 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 2.58 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.610 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
  26. 2.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 3.116 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  28. 1.65 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  34. 2.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 2.56 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3597 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 2.54 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 2.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.61 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.52 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.82 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  43. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  45. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 10
  46. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3593 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  47. 2.75 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3592 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 3.09 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 2.914 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  50. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3590 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 2.512 km WSW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 2.69 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 5
  54. 2.67 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 2.88 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  57. 2.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3585 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  58. 2.41 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3584 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  60. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.20 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 3.113 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 2.8Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  16. 4.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 48
  17. 3.89 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 3.113 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  19. 3.15 km NNE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.813 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007g6w. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC.