Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 15 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 15 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 27, 2017, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 5 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-03-28 04:25:25 UTC
Depth
5.6 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.124° N, 98.732° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
88°
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 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.715 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.63 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.78 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.80 km N of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.72 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.82 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.42 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.56 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 3.35 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.615 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 3.29 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.715 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 2.51 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 2.915 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.26 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 2.36 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3447 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.76 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  29. 2.51 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  31. 3.38 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  32. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  34. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 2.51 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.98 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  40. 2.53 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 2.54 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  45. 2.52 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  48. 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  49. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  50. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 142
  51. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  52. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 2.72 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 2.52 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  56. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  57. 2.83 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 9

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 2.48 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.513 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.58 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 3.67 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 7
  6. 2.92 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.89 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 2.813 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 2.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.97 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 8
  18. 3.49 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.512 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008v71. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC.