M1.9 earthquake 16 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 16 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 3:21 AM CST (09:21 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 24 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-30 09:21:34 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.453° N, 98.786° 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 I, not felt shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.924 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 1757 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.61 km W of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1755 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.37 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1752 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km W of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 1751 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1750 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.77 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 1749 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.64 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1748 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 1748 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.95 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1748 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1748 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.75 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1748 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1745 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1742 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1739 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1738 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1737 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1736 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.921 km NE of Chester, Oklahoma · 1729 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.96 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1727 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 1724 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.97 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1711 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1710 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1710 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.810 km NNW of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.59 km NNW of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.02 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1706 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1704 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.524 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 1703 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.614 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1702 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.910 km E of Chester, Oklahoma · 1702 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.914 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1702 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.714 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1702 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.813 km S of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1702 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.814 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1702 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1702 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.810 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 1699 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
Before
- 1.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1758 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1758 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1758 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.32 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1760 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1763 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1763 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.515 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1766 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.415 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1766 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
- 1.715 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1766 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 1.99 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 1766 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.39 km NNE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 1777 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1780 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010 km NW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1785 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1785 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.18 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma · 1786 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.64 km ENE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 1786 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021xldb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC.