M3.2 earthquake 9 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 9 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 10, 2016, 12:38 PM CST (18:38 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-10 18:38:34 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.536° N, 98.972° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.8 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- 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: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3571 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
- 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.67 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.71 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.69 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.56 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.96 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.310 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 3.010 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 9
- 2.87 km S of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.65 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 7
- 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 6
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 2.612 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
- 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.1Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.413 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 2.61 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.613 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.01 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.53 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
The first 60 of 70.
Before
- 3.46 km SSW of Enid, Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 101
- 2.64 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3576 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3577 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3581 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 5
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3584 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.88 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.67 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
- 2.69 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.512 km WSW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3589 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.914 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3590 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3592 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 10
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