Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 13 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 13 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma on Wed, Mar 8, 2017, 11:14 AM CST (17:14 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 10 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-03-08 17:14:06 UTC
Depth
3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.115° N, 98.722° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.2 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
137°
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: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.810 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.78 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.815 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.9Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.56 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.512 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 3.49 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 8
  10. 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.97 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 2.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.813 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 2.89 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.92 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 3.67 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 7
  22. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 2.58 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 2.513 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 2.48 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 3.015 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 2.715 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  28. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.63 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 2.78 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3462 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 2.80 km N of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  34. 2.72 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 2.82 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.42 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 2.56 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 3.35 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 2.615 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 3.29 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  45. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.715 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 2.51 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 2.915 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3450 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.26 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 2.36 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3447 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.76 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 2.51 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  57. 3.38 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  58. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 2.613 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.69 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 3.29 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.99 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.311 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 3.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
  10. 3.39 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.810 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 3.115 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.75 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000887g. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:06 AM UTC.