Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 16 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 16 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Tue, Dec 13, 2016, 12:01 PM CST (18:01 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-12-13 18:01:51 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.455° N, 98.788° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
51°
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 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.25 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3579 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
  2. 2.67 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.71 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3577 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.69 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3576 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3576 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3575 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3574 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3574 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 3.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3574 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.56 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.96 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3571 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.310 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
  21. 3.010 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 2.73 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.6Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 9
  28. 1.68 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 2.87 km S of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.66 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  32. 2.08 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3561 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 2.65 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3557 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3556 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 3.3Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 7
  39. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  48. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  50. 2.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.612 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 3.3Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 3.1Oklahoma · 3539 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.35 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3539 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3539 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3539 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.413 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3539 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 86.

Before

  1. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3582 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.57 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3582 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3583 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.5Oklahoma · 3583 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 3.29 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3583 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
  6. 3.46 km SSW of Enid, Oklahoma · 3583 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 101
  7. 2.64 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3586 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3588 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.69 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3592 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3592 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3592 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 2.41 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.88 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.67 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3597 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3597 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 5

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