M3.0 earthquake 6 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma on Fri, Feb 24, 2017, 12:47 PM CST (18:47 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 9 km W of Bluff City, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-24 18:47:20 UTC
- Depth
- 7.5 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.488° N, 97.764° 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.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.9 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 35°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.97 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.47 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3484 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.73 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.87 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
- 2.56 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
- 2.26 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.916 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.614 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.17 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.63 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.56 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.85 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.714 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.812 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.45 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.83 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.07 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
- 2.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.49 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.810 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
- 2.512 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3476 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.65 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.97 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3474 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3474 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.110 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3472 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3472 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3472 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.50 km WSW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3472 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.18 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3471 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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