Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 2 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma on Mon, Jun 19, 2017, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-06-20 04:45:47 UTC
Depth
3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.204° N, 98.950° 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 2.0 km horizontally, 7.8 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: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.17 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3380 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.41 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.86 km N of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 20
  5. 2.2Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.310 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 3.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.8Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 3.12 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.6Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3368 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.74 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3367 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.810 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.113 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 2.511 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3364 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 2.713 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3364 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 2.87 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  19. 3.013 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.27 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 2.72 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.512 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 2.44 km W of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 2.614 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 4
  27. 2.86 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 12
  29. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 17
  30. 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 9
  31. 2.46 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 3.24 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 8
  33. 3.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 13
  34. 2.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 2.45 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 2.46 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 2.523 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3350 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 3.126 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3350 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.727 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3350 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  40. 2.13 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3349 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3348 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 2.926 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3348 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  43. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3347 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.726 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 2.57 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 2.627 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3345 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 2.726 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
  49. 2.425 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3342 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 2.728 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3342 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  52. 2.526 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 3.18 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
  56. 2.65 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  57. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  58. 3.316 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 7
  59. 2.62 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  60. 2.87 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3334 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.70 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.55 km W of Alva, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.4Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3393 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 3.115 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  7. 3.26 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
  8. 2.56 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3395 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.89 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3396 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 2.713 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 2.913 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.97 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
  18. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009nns. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC.