Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 1 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 1 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma on Fri, Apr 28, 2017, 1:43 AM CDT (06:43 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-04-28 06:43:15 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.362° N, 97.686° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
30°
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: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.06 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 15
  6. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.34 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3432 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.79 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.22 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.98 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.98 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 15
  15. 2.610 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 3.17 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  25. 3.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 14
  26. 2.211 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  29. 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  31. 3.25 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  32. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3424 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 3.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3424 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  35. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3424 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.64 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  37. 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 15
  38. 2.48 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  39. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3421 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 1.54 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3421 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 2.36 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 7
  44. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  45. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  46. 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 2.617 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  50. 2.52 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  51. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 142
  53. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 13
  57. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  59. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  60. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3418 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 177.

Before

  1. 2.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.76 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.28 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.35 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 8
  8. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 15
  10. 2.33 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.97 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
  12. 3.04 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.07 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 11
  14. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 2.010 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3437 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3437 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.63 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 3.38 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
  19. 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.65 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008lim. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:01 AM UTC.