Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 13 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 13 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma on Fri, Sep 29, 2017, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-09-29 21:39:30 UTC
Depth
7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.456° N, 96.872° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
70°
Stations used
57

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.89 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.37 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
  4. 2.53 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.311 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  8. 2.48 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.610 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.33 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.86 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.511 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.412 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.87 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3270 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  18. 1.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3270 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3270 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3270 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 28
  21. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3270 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 2.57 km SE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 2.05 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3264 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 3.11 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 2.710 km NNE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3262 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
  26. 2.97 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
  28. 2.66 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.48 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.58 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.45 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  34. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 3.14 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  36. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.38 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.54 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 3.09 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 3.04 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.910 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 2.59 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 3.21 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3243 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
  47. 2.25 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3242 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  48. 3.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3242 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 17
  49. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3242 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  50. 3.210 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  51. 2.210 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3239 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 2.77 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3234 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 39
  55. 3.37 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3233 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3233 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  57. 3.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3231 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 362
  58. 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3231 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 3.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3231 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 16
  60. 2.610 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3231 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6

The first 60 of 72.

Before

  1. 2.610 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.67 km W of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.910 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
  4. 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
  5. 3.03 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 16
  6. 2.59 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.511 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3286 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 3.810 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 67
  9. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.710 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 3.0Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 5
  13. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3292 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 3.32 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3292 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 20
  15. 2.53 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3293 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 3.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3294 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7
  17. 3.810 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 199
  18. 2.43 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  19. 3.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 8
  20. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000awyj. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:12 PM UTC.