Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 2 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 2 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma on Thu, Jan 12, 2017, 12:46 AM CST (06:46 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-01-12 06:46:15 UTC
Depth
7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.365° N, 98.197° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.7 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
57°
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: 185 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.75 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3540 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3538 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 7
  4. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3538 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3538 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 6
  6. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.07 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.78 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.06 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3536 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.97 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.612 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.59 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 3.3Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.73 km SSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 2.14 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3532 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3532 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 2.63 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.94 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 1.87 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 2.13 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3530 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.63 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3530 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 3.1Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.35 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3529 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 2.413 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.61 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  38. 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 2.613 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  40. 3.16 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 8
  41. 1.78 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  43. 3.03 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  44. 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 9
  45. 3.20 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 7
  46. 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.54 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 2.510 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 1.74 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3523 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 3.01 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 2.53 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 3.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  57. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 2.610 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 2.813 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 3.01 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6

The first 60 of 185.

Before

  1. 2.14 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.96 km WNW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3542 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3542 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.16 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3542 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  13. 3.3Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 7
  14. 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 8

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007szv. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:27 PM UTC.