M2.5 earthquake Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on Sun, Jul 23, 2017, 5:26 AM CDT (10:26 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 2 km WNW of Cushing, 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
- 2017-07-23 10:26:30 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.077° N, 97.202° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 21°
- 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: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.82 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3348 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
- 2.45 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3348 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 2.95 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 6
- 2.76 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.45 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3345 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.510 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3345 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 73
- 2.35 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 319
- 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 41
- 3.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 37
- 3.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 26
- 4.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1,321
- 3.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 61
- 1.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.15 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 10
- 3.59 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 12
- 3.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 182
- 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 5
- 2.410 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
- 2.35 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3336 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3336 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3335 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km WNW of Drummond, Oklahoma · 3334 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 2.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3333 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.15 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3333 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.98 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3333 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.910 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3332 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
- 2.03 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3330 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 2.710 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3329 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.37 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3329 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.612 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3328 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.39 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3327 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.64 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3327 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.37 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3324 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 12
- 2.69 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3324 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.53 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3323 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.75 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3323 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
- 2.80 km W of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3322 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
- 2.47 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3321 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3321 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.810 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3321 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.110 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3321 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 2.515 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3320 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.65 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3320 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3319 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3318 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 66
- 2.710 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3318 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.24 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 4
- 2.46 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.79 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 3.23 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 10
- 2.96 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 2.73 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.36 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
The first 60 of 97.
Before
- 2.69 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3350 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.410 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3351 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.35 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3351 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 9
- 2.39 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3352 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.59 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 3.210 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 34
- 3.210 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 12
- 3.310 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3355 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
- 3.210 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3355 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3356 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 3.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3356 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
- 2.612 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 24
- 2.46 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.29 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 13
- 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 9
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 17
- 2.610 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 12
- 3.410 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 91
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009zzu. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.