Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 5 km S of Nash, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km S of Nash, Oklahoma on Wed, Sep 20, 2017, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 9 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-09-20 19:56:01 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.619° N, 98.058° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
47°
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: 171 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.410 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.41 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.52 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.88 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.810 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3286 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 67
  10. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.38 km SE of Zenda, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.711 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.65 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 8
  17. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 3.29 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
  21. 2.810 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.84 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
  24. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 2.56 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.89 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  29. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  30. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3279 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 3.37 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7
  32. 2.49 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3278 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 2.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  34. 2.311 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
  36. 2.48 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.80 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  41. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  43. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 2.610 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 2.33 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 2.85 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  48. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 1.86 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.67 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 2.511 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 2.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
  55. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 2.64 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 1.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3270 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3270 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3270 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away

The first 60 of 171.

Before

  1. 2.46 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 1.98 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3290 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3291 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.48 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3293 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
  13. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 3.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3294 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.07 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 5
  19. 1.62 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.811 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000as1w. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:53 PM UTC.