M2.6 earthquake 2 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma on Tue, Dec 26, 2017, 10:37 PM CST (04:37 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 4 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-27 04:37:40 UTC
- Depth
- 1.7 km (1.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.909° N, 97.351° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- 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: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.84 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 126
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 7
- 2.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.92 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3188 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
- 2.010 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3188 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3187 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3186 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.5Oklahoma · 3186 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 10
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3186 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3182 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.81 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3182 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 5
- 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3181 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
- 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3181 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 27
- 2.41 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 2.64 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3180 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.64 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3180 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3180 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.95 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3179 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.50 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3178 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3177 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3177 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3175 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.82 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3175 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.010 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3174 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3174 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.312 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3173 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 7
- 1.95 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3173 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.18 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3173 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 1.52 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3171 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.63 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3169 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3167 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3167 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3167 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.63 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3167 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3167 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
- 2.74 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3167 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.04 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
- 3.04 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3165 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3164 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.64 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3163 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.74 km NNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3163 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
- 2.17 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3163 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.03 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3163 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 2.610 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3160 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.05 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3160 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of 91.
Before
- 1.96 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3193 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.98 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3193 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
- 1.76 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3194 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.56 km ENE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3196 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.44 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.33 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3200 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 7
- 3.04 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3200 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3200 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.03 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3200 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3200 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3200 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3200 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.02 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3201 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.37 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3202 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3202 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3202 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.68 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.58 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3204 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
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