Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 2 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 2 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma on Wed, Apr 5, 2017, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 5 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-04-05 05:36:50 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.109° N, 97.930° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
33°
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: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.42 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.56 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 3.35 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.710 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.48 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 278
  11. 2.77 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.810 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.51 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.610 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
  19. 2.76 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3450 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.26 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3450 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 9
  22. 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.36 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3448 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  24. 3.57 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3447 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 12
  25. 3.17 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 2.76 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 2.87 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.83 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
  29. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.56 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 2.51 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  34. 2.87 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
  35. 3.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  36. 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.59 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 3.0Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  40. 3.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
  41. 2.65 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 3.38 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
  43. 2.63 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 3.07 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 11
  46. 3.04 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.97 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
  48. 2.33 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 15
  50. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.35 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
  52. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  53. 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  54. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 2.51 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 3.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 15
  58. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  60. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.72 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 3.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.55 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 12
  5. 2.69 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.35 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3458 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.28 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.75 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  12. 2.512 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3460 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.812 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.77 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.80 km N of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008ehs. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:40 PM UTC.