Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 7 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 7 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma on Sun, Apr 16, 2017, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-04-17 01:15:33 UTC
Depth
8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.207° N, 97.424° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
24°
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: 128 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.83 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3456 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
  2. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3456 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.56 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.51 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 2.87 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
  7. 3.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  8. 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.59 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 3.0Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 7
  13. 2.65 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 3.38 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 5
  15. 2.63 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.010 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3449 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3448 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 3.07 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3448 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 11
  19. 3.04 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3448 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.97 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3448 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
  21. 2.33 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3448 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3448 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 15
  23. 2.35 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3447 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 8
  24. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3447 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  25. 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3447 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  26. 1.76 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3446 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 3.0Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
  28. 2.51 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  29. 2.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 2.06 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3445 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 3.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 15
  33. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.79 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.98 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.98 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 15
  39. 2.610 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3441 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3441 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3441 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 2.38 km SE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 3.17 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  48. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  51. 3.25 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.64 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.7Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 15
  55. 2.48 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  57. 1.54 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 2.36 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 7
  60. 2.59 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 128.

Before

  1. 2.76 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.52 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.17 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 3.57 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 12
  5. 2.36 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  7. 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 9
  8. 2.26 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.76 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3462 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  11. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.610 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.02 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.77 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.48 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 278
  16. 2.710 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.35 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.56 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.42 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008i8p. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:35 PM UTC.