Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 6 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 6 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma on Sun, Aug 27, 2017, 11:26 AM CDT (16:26 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 16 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-08-27 16:26:54 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.103° N, 97.831° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
26°
Stations used
55

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.816 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.27 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 21
  4. 2.95 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3312 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 8
  5. 3.44 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3312 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
  6. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 3.06 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.710 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3311 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3310 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 3.71 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3305 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 29
  15. 1.810 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3304 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 3.36 km S of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3304 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 47
  17. 2.91 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.66 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.79 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.56 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 4.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 827
  22. 2.52 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  23. 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 3.09 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  28. 3.13 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 19
  29. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  31. 3.33 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 12
  32. 2.52 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 9
  33. 2.51 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.72 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 2.41 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  37. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  38. 2.41 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 5
  40. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  41. 3.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 8
  42. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.43 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3294 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  44. 3.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3292 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 7
  45. 2.53 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3292 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 3.32 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 20
  47. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  56. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  58. 3.810 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3286 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 67
  59. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 3.03 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 16

The first 60 of 127.

Before

  1. 2.814 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.73 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.96 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.919 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.810 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.815 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.23 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 10
  8. 2.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 3.03 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.16 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.96 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.79 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 2.46 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 3.24 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  16. 3.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 66
  17. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3318 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.68 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3319 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 2.65 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3319 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.515 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3320 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ac9u. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC.