Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 17 km W of Aline, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 17 km W of Aline, Oklahoma on Thu, Feb 23, 2017, 1:33 AM CST (07:33 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-02-23 07:33:34 UTC
Depth
3.8 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.513° N, 98.639° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
42°
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: 140 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3498 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3498 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.37 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.66 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.75 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.17 km NNE of Attica, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.512 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.28 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.57 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.88 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.76 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  16. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 3.115 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
  22. 2.810 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 3.39 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  24. 3.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
  25. 3.311 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
  30. 1.79 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3490 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 2.99 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 3.29 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 3.310 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  36. 3.210 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.16 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 2.69 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 2.613 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  41. 3.810 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.78 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 2.47 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3485 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 2.815 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.87 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3485 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 3.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3485 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
  47. 2.56 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3485 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.9Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 2.56 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.45 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 2.512 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  54. 2.07 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 2.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 3.49 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3479 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.7Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 8

The first 60 of 140.

Before

  1. 2.817 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 3.48 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3500 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 18
  3. 3.49 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 2.712 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 3.19 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.77 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.17 km NNE of Attica, Kansas · 3504 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.75 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.58 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.06 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3508 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.6Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3510 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
  20. 1.96 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3512 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008lpt. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:26 PM UTC.