Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 1:39 AM CST (07:39 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 6 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-12-20 07:39:53 UTC
Depth
6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.444° N, 98.783° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
67°
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: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.56 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.96 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 2.310 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  11. 3.010 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.6Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  16. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 9
  17. 1.68 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.87 km S of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.66 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 2.08 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3551 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3551 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.65 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3547 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 3.3Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
  28. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  33. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  37. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  39. 2.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.612 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 3.3Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 3.1Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.35 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3528 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 2.413 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.61 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 2.613 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  52. 1.78 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  54. 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 9
  55. 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  57. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  58. 3.01 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  59. 2.53 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  60. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 80.

Before

  1. 3.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.69 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.71 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.67 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 3.25 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
  10. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3570 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3571 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.57 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 2.5Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 3.29 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
  16. 3.46 km SSW of Enid, Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 101
  17. 2.64 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3576 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3578 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.69 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200082qr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.