Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 10, 2017, 12:22 AM CDT (05:22 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 1 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-09-10 05:22:52 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.696° N, 97.687° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.7 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
49°
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: 168 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3299 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.57 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3299 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.72 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3299 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.16 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3298 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  7. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 5
  9. 3.45 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 11
  10. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.88 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 3.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 8
  15. 2.811 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.62 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.07 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
  18. 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 3.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
  23. 2.48 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3293 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3291 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.98 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3290 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.46 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 2.410 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.41 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 2.52 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 1.88 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  35. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  37. 3.810 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3286 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 67
  38. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3285 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.38 km SE of Zenda, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.711 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 2.65 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 8
  45. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 3.29 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 6
  49. 2.810 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.84 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  52. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 2.56 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.513 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.89 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  57. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  58. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3279 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 3.37 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 7
  60. 2.49 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3278 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of 168.

Before

  1. 1.67 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3300 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.7Kansas · 3300 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 3.09 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.46 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3301 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.52 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  10. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 4.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 827
  12. 2.56 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.611 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3302 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.53 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3302 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.71 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3303 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.79 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.810 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3303 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.66 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  19. 3.36 km S of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3304 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 47
  20. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3304 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000aj6q. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:39 PM UTC.