M2.8 earthquake 6 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 27, 2017, 4:12 PM CST (22:12 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 10 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-27 22:12:25 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.333° N, 98.098° 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.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.9 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- 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: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.54 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.510 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.99 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.74 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3523 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.01 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.53 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.610 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.813 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.01 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
- 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.09 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
- 2.18 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
- 1.65 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 6
- 2.57 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3518 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.97 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3518 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.210 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3518 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3517 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3517 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.27 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3516 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.23 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3516 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.63 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3516 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.23 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3516 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3516 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 1.66 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3515 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3515 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.14 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.014 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.75 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.71 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.96 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3511 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
- 2.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3509 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3507 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.76 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 2.58 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.45 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3505 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 196.
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