Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 3 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 3 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma on Fri, Oct 6, 2017, 9:25 AM CDT (14:25 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 5 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-10-06 14:25:41 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.378° N, 97.726° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
57°
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: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.85 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.86 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.67 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.511 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.64 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3270 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3270 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3269 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.412 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.87 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  12. 1.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 28
  15. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3267 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3267 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 3.37 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 3267 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 86
  18. 1.82 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3265 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.22 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3264 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  21. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 2.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 3.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 2.57 km SE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3262 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 2.05 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3262 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3262 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 1.77 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3262 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 3.11 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3261 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.31 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 1.89 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 2.41 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3259 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 2.97 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.93 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 3.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
  35. 2.66 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.48 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.58 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.45 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  41. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  42. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 1.71 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3255 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 2.22 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 10
  45. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 3.14 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
  47. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.38 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.31 km N of Jones, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
  51. 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  52. 3.15 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  53. 3.95 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 73
  54. 3.05 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  58. 3.25 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  60. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away

The first 60 of 169.

Before

  1. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.610 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  6. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.80 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 2.48 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 4
  12. 2.311 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.49 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3278 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.53 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.37 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 7
  17. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.89 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.513 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b205. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC.