Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 2 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma on Fri, May 12, 2017, 6:41 AM CDT (11:41 UTC), 6 km (4 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
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-05-12 11:41:43 UTC
Depth
6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.230° N, 98.941° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
81°
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: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 142
  6. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 2.72 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.52 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.83 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 9
  16. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 3.215 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
  19. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.519 km WSW of Hardtner, Kansas · 3412 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 3.11 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
  24. 2.51 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  26. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  29. 3.21 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
  31. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  33. 3.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 6
  34. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  35. 2.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.97 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 2.913 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
  39. 2.713 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3396 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  40. 2.89 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3396 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  41. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.56 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 3.26 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 6
  44. 3.115 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3393 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
  45. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 3.4Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  47. 2.55 km W of Alva, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3384 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 2.70 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  50. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3381 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 2.17 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3380 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  53. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
  54. 2.41 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 2.86 km N of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3376 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 20
  56. 2.2Oklahoma · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 2.310 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 3.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  60. 2.8Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

  1. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.54 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.53 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.98 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.38 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
  13. 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.51 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.26 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008ruc. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.