M3.2 earthquake 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 11, 2016, 11:08 PM CST (05:08 UTC), 8 km (5 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
- 2016-12-12 05:08:17 UTC
- Depth
- 8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.452° N, 98.775° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.9 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- 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: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.25 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
- 2.67 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.71 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.69 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.56 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.96 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.310 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 3.010 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.73 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 9
- 1.68 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.87 km S of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.08 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.65 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3547 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
- 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
- 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
- 2.612 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
- 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.1Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
The first 60 of 86.
Before
- 1.57 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.29 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
- 3.46 km SSW of Enid, Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 101
- 2.64 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3576 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.69 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3581 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 5
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.41 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3583 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3584 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.88 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.67 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3587 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 5
- 2.69 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000803z. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:39 AM UTC.