Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 14 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 14 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma on Fri, Jun 16, 2017, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 9 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-06-16 21:40:55 UTC
Depth
9.2 km (5.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.454° N, 96.886° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
41°
Stations used
80

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.69 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3385 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.64 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3385 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.37 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3385 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3384 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.25 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.56 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 3.06 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.9Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  9. 2.310 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3381 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.68 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3379 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 2.15 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.714 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.38 km SSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3376 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.03 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3376 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 2.35 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.39 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 13
  21. 2.64 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  22. 2.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  23. 2.613 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 3.25 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3371 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 11
  25. 2.114 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.52 km S of Medford, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 2.62 km SSE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3368 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
  29. 2.85 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.411 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 3.15 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 11
  32. 3.46 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3364 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 11
  33. 2.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3363 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3363 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.12 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3363 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  36. 3.06 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.64 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.58 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3359 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 7
  40. 2.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3359 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 2.65 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3359 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  42. 4.210 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1,785
  43. 2.911 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  44. 3.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 13
  45. 3.610 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 552
  46. 2.711 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  47. 3.410 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 91
  48. 2.610 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 2.29 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 13
  50. 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 24
  51. 2.612 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  52. 3.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3356 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
  53. 2.74 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3356 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  54. 3.210 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3355 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  55. 3.310 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 5
  56. 3.210 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 12
  57. 3.210 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 34
  58. 2.59 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.39 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3351 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 3.35 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3351 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 9

The first 60 of 127.

Before

  1. 2.72 km SSW of Agra, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.3Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 9
  3. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.28 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3389 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.7Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 21
  6. 2.51 km SW of Agra, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.18 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3393 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.46 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 7
  9. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3395 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.75 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3396 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 3.02 km NNE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.74 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
  14. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 2.73 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.61 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.311 km SSW of Wellington, Kansas · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.41 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.56 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009n6p. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:51 AM UTC.