M2.6 earthquake 10 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 10 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 5:26 PM CST (23:26 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 14 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-11 23:26:01 UTC
- Depth
- 8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.702° N, 97.676° 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, 4.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- 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: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.56 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.85 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.714 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.812 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.45 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.83 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.07 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3479 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 6
- 2.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.05 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.810 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 8
- 2.512 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3476 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.65 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.97 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3474 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3474 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.110 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3473 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3473 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3472 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.50 km WSW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3472 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.18 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3471 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.52 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3471 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.712 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
- 2.68 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.92 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.65 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.67 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
- 3.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 13
- 3.14 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
- 3.04 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.84 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.53 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.84 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 64
- 2.94 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.39 km ESE of Clearwater, Kansas · 3465 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.63 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.812 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of 189.
Before
- 1.63 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.17 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.614 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.916 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.26 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
- 2.56 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100088fv. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:04 AM UTC.