Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 19 km WSW of Hardtner, Kansas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 19 km WSW of Hardtner, Kansas on Fri, May 19, 2017, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 10 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-05-20 04:57:22 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.958° N, 98.853° 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 3.3 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
153°
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: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.96 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3411 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3411 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.610 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.39 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.26 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.06 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.87 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3406 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.94 km NNE of Freeport, Kansas · 3405 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 3.11 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
  16. 2.51 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 3.21 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  25. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 3.66 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 8
  28. 2.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3400 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3400 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 3.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 6
  31. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.66 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3398 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 2.97 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 2.56 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3397 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 2.913 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  38. 2.713 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 1.93 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3397 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 2.89 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3396 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  41. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3396 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 2.07 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3396 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3395 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.56 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 3.26 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
  46. 3.115 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
  47. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3393 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  48. 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3392 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 3.76 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3391 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
  50. 3.4Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3391 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 1.86 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3389 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 1.66 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3387 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 2.55 km W of Alva, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 2.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3385 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3384 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 2.09 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3383 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 2.70 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 115.

Before

  1. 3.46 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 8
  2. 2.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.215 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 2.66 km WNW of Harper, Kansas · 3415 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 9
  9. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.83 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.52 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.72 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 142

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008tq2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:49 PM UTC.