Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 5 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 5 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma on Fri, Oct 6, 2017, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 11 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-10-06 19:20:41 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.627° N, 98.220° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
66°
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. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3274 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.86 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.67 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.511 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
  8. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.64 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.412 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3270 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3270 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 3.111 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3269 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  18. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3269 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.76 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3269 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 1.82 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3267 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.22 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3266 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3266 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  24. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 2.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 3.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 2.57 km SE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.05 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3264 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 1.77 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3263 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 3.11 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 2.31 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3262 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 2.58 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3262 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 1.89 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3261 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 2.41 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3261 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 2.97 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.93 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 3.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
  39. 2.66 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.48 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.58 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  45. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.71 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3257 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 3.14 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  49. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3255 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.38 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  53. 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3250 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 3.15 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  56. 3.95 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 73
  57. 3.05 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 168.

Before

  1. 2.33 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.610 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  6. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  7. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.80 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.48 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.311 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.49 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3279 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 3.37 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
  17. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3280 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.89 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b27a. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 7:10 AM UTC.