Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 7 km W of Buffalo, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 7 km W of Buffalo, Oklahoma on Fri, Oct 13, 2017, 12:52 PM CDT (17:52 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 15 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-10-13 17:52:42 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.843° N, 99.719° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.9 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
140°
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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3266 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3266 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.923 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 5
  7. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.712 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3236 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.626 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3235 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3235 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
  13. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3234 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.85 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3221 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 3.015 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.518 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3212 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.97 km NNE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  6. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  7. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.527 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 2.65 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3285 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000arnz. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC.