M2.6 earthquake 3 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 2, 2017, 8:17 AM CST (14:17 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 5 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-02 14:17:53 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.014° N, 97.929° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.4 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 20°
- 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: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.15 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
- 2.54 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.56 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.05 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.513 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.110 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 887
- 2.510 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 10
- 2.52 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.93 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
- 3.29 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3212 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 2.513 km E of Chester, Oklahoma · 3212 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
- 2.713 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3211 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3210 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.614 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3210 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km WSW of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3210 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3209 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
- 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.52 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
- 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3207 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 2.84 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 3205 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
- 2.56 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3204 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.05 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 3.117 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.89 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3202 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3202 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.06 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3202 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
- 2.58 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3201 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3201 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.06 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3200 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 7
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.35 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.04 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 3.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 7
- 2.76 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 7
- 3.56 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 24
- 3.16 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3195 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 2.56 km ENE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3194 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.98 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 2.45 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.84 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 126
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.46 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 7
The first 60 of 100.
Before
- 2.513 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.53 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.13 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 10
- 2.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.26 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 12
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3221 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
- 2.75 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3221 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 115
- 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.46 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 13
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bkaj. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC.