M2.6 earthquake 5 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma on Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 4:57 AM CDT (09:57 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 26 km SSE of Protection, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-18 09:57:24 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.616° N, 98.418° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- 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
- 2.46 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3352 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.523 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3351 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.126 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3351 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.727 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3351 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 2.13 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3350 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3350 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3350 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3349 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.39 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3349 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 2.926 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3349 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3348 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3348 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.726 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3347 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.57 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3347 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.627 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3347 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.16 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 3346 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.45 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3345 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.011 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3345 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3345 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.610 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3345 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.76 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3345 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.726 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3344 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
- 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3344 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.425 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.728 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3343 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 1.57 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3343 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.57 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3343 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3342 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3342 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3342 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3342 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.526 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3342 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.510 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3341 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.310 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3340 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 10
- 1.510 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3340 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.410 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3340 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.010 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3340 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3340 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.18 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3340 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
- 1.611 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3340 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3339 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3339 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.712 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.65 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.316 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 7
- 2.310 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.310 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3338 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 1.712 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3337 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.62 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
- 3.210 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3337 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
- 3.410 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3337 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 14
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009xfe. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:48 PM UTC.