Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 7 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 7 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma on Sun, Jul 9, 2017, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 13 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-07-09 21:29:33 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.492° N, 98.312° 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, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
47°
Stations used
72

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.72 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.512 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.44 km W of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.04 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3361 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 3.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3360 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 10
  8. 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3360 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3360 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.64 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.06 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3359 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3359 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 7
  13. 2.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3359 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.97 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3359 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 2.614 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.86 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 12
  18. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 17
  19. 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 9
  20. 2.29 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 13
  21. 2.46 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 2.74 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3356 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  23. 3.24 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3355 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 8
  24. 2.53 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3355 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 3.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 13
  26. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3354 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 2.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 2.45 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 2.46 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 2.3Kansas · 3354 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3354 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 1.73 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3353 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 2.59 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.89 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3353 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 1.67 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3352 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 1.63 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3352 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 2.46 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3352 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 2.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3351 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 2.13 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3350 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.65 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3349 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 1.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3349 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 3.39 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3348 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
  43. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3348 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3347 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.57 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3347 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 2.16 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 3345 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.45 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3345 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 2.011 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3345 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3344 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 1.610 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3344 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 1.76 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3344 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3343 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3342 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 2.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3341 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.510 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3341 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 1.57 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 172.

Before

  1. 3.013 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3363 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.87 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3363 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.49 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3364 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.713 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.511 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.113 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.810 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.15 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 11
  9. 2.85 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.74 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3368 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 2.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.6Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.52 km S of Medford, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.12 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3371 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.88 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3371 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.16 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3371 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.8Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3373 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 3.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3373 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100098fa. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:34 AM UTC.