Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 1 km W of Chester, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 1 km W of Chester, Oklahoma on Sun, May 28, 2017, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 1 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-05-29 01:28:05 UTC
Depth
3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.217° N, 98.933° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.5 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
79°
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: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.51 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.21 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
  8. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 3.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 6
  11. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.97 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.913 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3396 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.713 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3396 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.89 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3396 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.56 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 3.26 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 6
  21. 3.115 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3393 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
  22. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 3.4Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 2.55 km W of Alva, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3384 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 2.70 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3381 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 2.17 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3380 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
  31. 2.41 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.86 km N of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3376 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 20
  33. 2.2Oklahoma · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.310 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 3.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 2.8Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 3.12 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.6Oklahoma · 3368 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  40. 2.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3368 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 2.74 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3367 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.810 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3364 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.113 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3364 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 2.511 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3364 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 2.713 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3364 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 2.87 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  47. 3.013 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.27 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 2.72 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.512 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  52. 2.44 km W of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 2.614 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
  55. 2.86 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 12
  57. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 17
  58. 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 9
  59. 2.46 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3356 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 3.24 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 8

The first 60 of 76.

Before

  1. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.519 km WSW of Hardtner, Kansas · 3412 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.215 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 9
  9. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.83 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.52 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.72 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 142
  19. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008vz2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:12 AM UTC.