Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 10 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 10 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Thu, May 18, 2017, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 16 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-05-18 20:38:54 UTC
Depth
7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.526° N, 98.975° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
82°
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: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 3.215 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
  3. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.519 km WSW of Hardtner, Kansas · 3417 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.610 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 3.11 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5
  9. 2.51 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3407 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3407 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3407 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3406 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.21 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 3.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 6
  19. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.97 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 2.913 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.713 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 2.89 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.56 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 3.26 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 6
  29. 3.115 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
  30. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 3.4Oklahoma · 3396 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 2.55 km W of Alva, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  33. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3389 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 2.70 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3386 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3386 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  37. 2.17 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3384 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
  39. 2.41 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 2.86 km N of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3381 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 20
  41. 2.2Oklahoma · 3379 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 2.310 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 3.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3376 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3376 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  45. 2.8Oklahoma · 3376 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  46. 3.12 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.6Oklahoma · 3373 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 2.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 2.74 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3371 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.810 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.113 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 2.511 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 2.713 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3368 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 2.87 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3367 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  55. 3.013 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3367 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.27 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 2.72 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.512 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3364 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 62.

Before

  1. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 9
  2. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.83 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.52 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.72 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 142
  12. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  14. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  15. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.52 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  19. 3.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  20. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008tkf. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:45 PM UTC.