M2.5 earthquake 6 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 6:34 PM CST (00:34 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 10 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-18 00:34:37 UTC
- Depth
- 6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.759° N, 98.077° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- 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: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.610 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
- 1.86 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3230 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.62 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3230 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.610 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3228 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.85 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3227 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.93 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 9
- 2.79 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.34 km NNW of North Enid, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3225 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3225 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.13 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.410 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.46 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 13
- 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.91 km NNW of Milan, Kansas · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.94 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3222 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.48 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3221 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3221 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.83 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3221 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3219 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.22 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3219 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.015 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
- 1.56 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 3.13 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 10
- 2.53 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.513 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.63 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
- 1.58 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3217 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.54 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.05 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.110 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 887
- 2.510 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 10
- 2.52 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.29 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.513 km E of Chester, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 2.43 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3213 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.713 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3212 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.32 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3211 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3210 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 6
- 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3210 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.52 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3210 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
- 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3209 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.511 km NNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3209 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.56 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3206 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.04 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3205 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 10
- 3.04 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3205 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 2.13 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3205 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8Kansas · 3205 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.117 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3205 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
The first 60 of 136.
Before
- 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3233 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 3.37 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3233 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 3.52 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3234 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 11
- 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3235 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.71 km NNW of Milan, Kansas · 3235 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.58 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3236 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3237 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3237 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3237 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3238 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.93 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.210 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3239 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.47 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3239 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.57 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3239 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.711 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3239 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.52 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.94 km W of Amorita, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.41 km NE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 3.210 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bqtt. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC.