Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 14 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 14 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma on Mon, Apr 17, 2017, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 3 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-04-17 21:07:01 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.126° N, 98.729° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
75°
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: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.51 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.38 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  4. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.51 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.98 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.53 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.54 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.52 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  20. 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  21. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 142
  23. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 2.72 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 2.52 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  28. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.83 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  31. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 9
  33. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 3.215 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
  36. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.519 km WSW of Hardtner, Kansas · 3412 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  39. 2.610 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 3.11 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 5
  42. 2.51 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.21 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
  49. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 3.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 6
  52. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.41 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 2.61 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.97 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 2.913 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.713 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3396 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  60. 2.89 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3396 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 2.76 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.36 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3447 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.26 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.915 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3450 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.51 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.715 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 3.29 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.615 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 3.35 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.56 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.42 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.82 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.72 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008ifm. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:38 AM UTC.