Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 3 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma on Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 1:32 AM CST (07:32 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 10 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-02-28 07:32:33 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.819° N, 97.554° 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, 7.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
65°
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: 180 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.76 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.25 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3490 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 1.55 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3489 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
  9. 1.79 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.29 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.49 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
  12. 2.83 km E of South Haven, Kansas · 3486 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 3.310 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.210 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.16 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.47 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3484 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.87 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 3.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  21. 2.56 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  23. 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 2.9Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 2.916 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 2.614 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.17 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 1.63 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 2.56 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  31. 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 1.85 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 2.714 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.25 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 1.812 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.45 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  39. 2.83 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 2.07 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  44. 2.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  45. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 3.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
  47. 2.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  48. 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 2.05 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  50. 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.7Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 2.810 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  54. 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 8
  55. 2.512 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.74 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3476 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 2.65 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 2.97 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 180.

Before

  1. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.88 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.57 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.514 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.28 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.512 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.17 km NNE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.66 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.37 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
  13. 2.62 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.62 km E of Argonia, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008mw1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:02 AM UTC.