Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 10 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 10 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Tue, Apr 4, 2017, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 5 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-04-05 02:54:15 UTC
Depth
5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.526° N, 98.976° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
83°
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: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.56 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 3.35 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.615 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 3.29 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.715 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.810 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3452 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
  14. 2.51 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.915 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3450 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.26 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.52 km SW of Waldron, Kansas · 3446 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  20. 3.38 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
  21. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  23. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.98 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.53 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 2.54 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  31. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 3.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3424 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  33. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3424 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  35. 2.52 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  37. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  38. 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  39. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 142
  41. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 2.72 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  45. 2.52 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  47. 2.83 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 9
  51. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  52. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 3.215 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
  54. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.519 km WSW of Hardtner, Kansas · 3412 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  57. 2.610 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3409 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  59. 3.11 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5
  60. 2.51 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.72 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3458 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.81 km ESE of Medicine Lodge, Kansas · 3459 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.512 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3460 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.78 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3462 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.715 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 3.015 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.48 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.513 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.58 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.92 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.89 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.813 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008f3c. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC.