Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 9 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma on Wed, Sep 27, 2017, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC), 7 km (4 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 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-09-28 00:30:54 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.847° N, 96.654° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.4 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
100°
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: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.03 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3286 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 16
  2. 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3285 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.910 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3285 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 5
  4. 2.67 km W of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3285 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 2.610 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3285 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.513 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.89 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.37 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 7
  10. 2.53 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.610 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.87 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 28
  20. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 3.37 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 86
  22. 2.57 km SE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3267 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 2.710 km NNE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 5
  24. 2.97 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3261 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.48 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3261 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.58 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.45 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.54 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  30. 3.14 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  31. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.38 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.31 km N of Jones, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
  34. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.54 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 3.09 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  37. 3.04 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  38. 2.910 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 2.25 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  40. 3.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 17
  41. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.77 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3237 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 39
  44. 3.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3234 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 362
  45. 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3234 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 3.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3234 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 16
  47. 3.28 km SE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3233 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
  48. 2.93 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 9
  49. 2.53 km NW of Shawnee, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 11
  50. 2.35 km ESE of Horntown, Oklahoma · 3229 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 2.89 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3228 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.73 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.511 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away

Before

  1. 2.511 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 3.810 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 67
  3. 2.710 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3292 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3292 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 3.0Oklahoma · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3294 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 3.32 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3294 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 20
  8. 2.53 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 3.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 7
  10. 3.810 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 199
  11. 2.43 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 8
  13. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.59 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 3.68 km ESE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 34
  16. 2.72 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.51 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.52 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 9
  19. 3.33 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3304 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 12
  20. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3304 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000avnw. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.