Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 2 km W of Chester, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km W of Chester, Oklahoma on Sat, May 13, 2017, 11:17 AM CDT (16:17 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 1 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-05-13 16:17:52 UTC
Depth
6.2 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.212° N, 98.951° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
169°
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: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.83 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 9
  6. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 3.215 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
  9. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.519 km WSW of Hardtner, Kansas · 3421 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 3.11 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.51 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.21 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3409 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3409 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
  21. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3409 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 3.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
  24. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3407 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.97 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3406 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 2.913 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.713 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 2.89 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.56 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 3.26 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
  34. 3.115 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
  35. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 3.4Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 2.55 km W of Alva, Oklahoma · 3395 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 2.70 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  40. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3390 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3390 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  42. 2.17 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3388 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  43. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
  44. 2.41 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3386 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.86 km N of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3385 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 20
  46. 2.2Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 2.310 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 3.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3380 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3380 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  50. 2.8Oklahoma · 3380 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 3.12 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.6Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 2.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3376 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 2.74 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.810 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3373 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.113 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3373 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 2.511 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3373 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 2.713 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 2.87 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  60. 3.013 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 66.

Before

  1. 2.72 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 142
  6. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.52 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.54 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.53 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.98 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1

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