Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 2 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma on Fri, Sep 22, 2017, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 10 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-09-22 21:07:46 UTC
Depth
5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.376° N, 97.722° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 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 0.7 km horizontally, 5.6 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: 156 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.810 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 67
  2. 1.711 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3285 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 8
  5. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 3.03 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 16
  7. 2.84 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.56 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.513 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.89 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  15. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  16. 3.37 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 7
  17. 2.53 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.49 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3279 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.311 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
  22. 2.48 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.80 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  27. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  29. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.610 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.33 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  33. 2.85 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.86 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 2.67 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 2.511 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 2.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.64 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  40. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.412 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  43. 2.87 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3270 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  44. 1.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 28
  47. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 3.37 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 86
  50. 1.82 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3267 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 2.22 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3266 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3266 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  53. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 3.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 2.57 km SE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  57. 2.05 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3263 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.77 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3263 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 3.11 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3262 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 156.

Before

  1. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.88 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.52 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.98 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3291 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 3.32 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3292 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 20
  15. 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3292 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.53 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3293 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 3.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3293 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
  18. 2.43 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3294 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.07 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000atdb. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:02 PM UTC.