M2.3 earthquake 5 km ESE of Horntown, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 5 km ESE of Horntown, Oklahoma on Thu, Nov 23, 2017, 8:51 PM CST (02:51 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 9 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-24 02:51:23 UTC
- Depth
- 0.1 km (0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.067° N, 96.196° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.89 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3225 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 2.511 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.511 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.63 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 8
- 2.96 km ESE of Horntown, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.73 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 131
- 3.17 km SW of Indianola, Oklahoma · 3182 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.86 km SW of Lamar, Oklahoma · 3170 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 5
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000btry. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC.