M2.9 earthquake 9 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 9 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma on Sat, Jan 9, 2016, 11:13 PM CST (05:13 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 6 km S of Ripley, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-10 05:13:51 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.615° N, 97.086° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person 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 1.4 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.66 km S of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 8
- 2.04 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
- 2.86 km S of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 6
- 2.36 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
- 2.1Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.97 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 3.313 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 14
- 2.96 km SE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.51 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SSE of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 54
- 3.08 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 13
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 12
- 2.55 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
- 2.813 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
- 3.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 28
- 2.66 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 9
- 2.812 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
- 2.85 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 35
- 2.86 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 11
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 45
- 3.15 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 7
- 2.65 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 10
- 2.84 km SSE of Chandler, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
- 2.610 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.12 km E of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 3.48 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 6
- 2.57 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.77 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.58 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.07 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 2.68 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 7
- 2.88 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.14 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 33
- 3.59 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 72
- 2.611 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 2.35 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.8Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 2.14 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 8
- 2.76 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.59 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.110 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 3.51 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 2.510 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.610 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Luther, Oklahoma · 3886 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.01 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3886 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 12
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004d8u. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC.