Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 8 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma on Thu, Feb 16, 2017, 10:17 AM CST (16:17 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 7 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-02-16 16:17:12 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.150° N, 99.024° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
191°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.77 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 3.19 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.712 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 2.817 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.517 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 2.75 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 3.115 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.810 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 3.39 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
  18. 3.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
  19. 3.311 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 2.99 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 3.29 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.69 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 2.613 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.810 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.78 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 2.815 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.512 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3479 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 3.49 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  32. 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 8
  33. 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.97 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 2.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  39. 2.813 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 2.89 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.92 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 2.58 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 2.513 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 2.48 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 3.015 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 2.715 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 2.78 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  53. 2.72 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 2.82 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 2.42 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 2.56 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 3.35 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 2.615 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.5Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 3.210 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  7. 3.09 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
  8. 2.610 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.53 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  11. 3.01 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.613 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.61 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.413 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.612 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008kda. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:04 PM UTC.