M2.5 earthquake 3 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 3 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma on Sun, Jan 29, 2017, 6:35 PM CST (00:35 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 10 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-30 00:35:49 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.294° N, 98.500° 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 II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.8 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- 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: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.610 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.813 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.01 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 6
- 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.09 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
- 2.18 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
- 1.65 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
- 2.57 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.210 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 3.27 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3516 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.014 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.75 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 2.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.58 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.77 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.19 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 2.712 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.49 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 2.817 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.517 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
- 2.75 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.76 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.115 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
- 2.810 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.39 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
- 3.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
- 3.311 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of 129.
Before
- 3.01 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 9
- 3.03 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.613 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.61 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.413 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3528 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.35 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.1Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km SSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007w3y. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:36 AM UTC.