Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 15 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 15 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma on Fri, Apr 7, 2017, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 10 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-04-07 21:17:51 UTC
Depth
4.1 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.871° N, 98.821° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
144°
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: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.42 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.92 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.810 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 6
  7. 2.51 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.03 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3451 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.915 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.83 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3450 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3448 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.52 km SW of Waldron, Kansas · 3446 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3445 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3444 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 2.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3444 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3441 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.64 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.33 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 1.72 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3439 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.65 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 3.38 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
  24. 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3437 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 3.04 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.28 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 1.76 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  32. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.06 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 2.34 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.22 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 2.53 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 3.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3428 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 14
  42. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 2.54 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  46. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 3.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  49. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  50. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3422 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  52. 2.52 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  53. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  54. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  55. 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 142
  59. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away

The first 60 of 121.

Before

  1. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 3.29 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.09 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3456 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.615 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 3.35 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.56 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.72 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.69 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3458 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.28 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.75 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.81 km ESE of Medicine Lodge, Kansas · 3460 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
  19. 2.512 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3460 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008fpm. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:09 AM UTC.