Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 4 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 4 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma on Thu, Feb 23, 2017, 10:21 AM CST (16:21 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 6 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-02-23 16:21:48 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.179° N, 97.404° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.4 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
23°
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: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.62 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  6. 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 5
  7. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.512 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.514 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.83 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.86 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.76 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  14. 3.39 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 23
  19. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.99 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 2.56 km WSW of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 3.29 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 2.83 km E of South Haven, Kansas · 3486 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  25. 3.310 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.210 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 2.69 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 2.64 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  30. 2.97 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.58 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.78 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 1.73 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 1.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
  37. 2.26 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 2.53 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  40. 2.916 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 2.614 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 2.714 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.45 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 2.83 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3479 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  48. 2.43 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 3.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 6
  52. 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 3.49 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.810 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.512 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.65 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  59. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 2.55 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3474 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away

The first 60 of 147.

Before

  1. 2.72 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.49 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 8
  4. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.7Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.812 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.312 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 109
  12. 2.512 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.76 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 2.65 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  15. 3.32 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3507 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.6Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.96 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 3.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 7
  19. 2.73 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
  20. 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008lta. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 1:29 AM UTC.