M2.5 earthquake 4 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma on Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 12:44 AM CST (06:44 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 3 km SW of Lamont, 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
- 2017-01-25 06:44:11 UTC
- Depth
- 6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.109° N, 97.848° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person 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 0.9 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 26°
- 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: 158 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.05 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 9
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.20 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
- 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.510 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.01 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.53 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
- 2.813 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.01 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
- 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
- 1.65 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
- 2.57 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.27 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3516 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
- 2.93 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.412 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km E of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.014 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.71 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.71 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 2.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.73 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.76 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.512 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
- 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 3.312 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 109
- 2.812 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.77 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.712 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 8
The first 60 of 158.
Before
- 3.16 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 8
- 1.98 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 3.04 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.613 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.61 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 22
- 2.413 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.35 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.1Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 3.016 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 12
- 2.63 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km SSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007vb2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 1:26 AM UTC.