Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 4 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma on Fri, May 5, 2017, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 10 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-05-05 22:41:05 UTC
Depth
4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.737° N, 98.766° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
124°
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: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 3.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  6. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3422 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 2.52 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3420 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 142
  16. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 2.72 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 2.52 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
  23. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 2.83 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 9
  28. 2.66 km WNW of Harper, Kansas · 3415 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 3.215 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
  32. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  33. 2.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3414 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 3.46 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3414 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 8
  35. 2.519 km WSW of Hardtner, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 1.96 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3411 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3411 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 2.610 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  41. 2.39 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 2.26 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3409 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 2.06 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.87 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3406 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 1.94 km NNE of Freeport, Kansas · 3405 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 3.11 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  51. 2.51 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
  54. 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 3.21 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  59. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
  60. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away

The first 60 of 127.

Before

  1. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 3.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3428 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 14
  3. 2.53 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.22 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.34 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 3.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 15
  13. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.06 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.76 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.28 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008qn8. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.