M2.7 earthquake 15 km W of Union City, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 15 km W of Union City, Oklahoma on Tue, Nov 21, 2017, 11:59 PM CST (05:59 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 9 km NNW of El Reno, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-22 05:59:26 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.391° N, 98.110° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.8 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 29°
- 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: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.66 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 16
- 2.616 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3225 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3225 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.36 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3225 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 52
- 2.16 km S of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 7
- 1.96 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
- 2.414 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 2.59 km NNW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 6
- 2.13 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.46 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 13
- 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.75 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 115
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3221 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 5
- 2.83 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.26 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 12
- 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 8
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.13 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 10
- 2.53 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.63 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
- 2.15 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
- 2.54 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
- 2.513 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.52 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.93 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
- 2.614 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3211 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3209 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 6
- 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 2.84 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 3206 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 5
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.06 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3202 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km NW of Alex, Oklahoma · 3201 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.06 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3200 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
- 3.05 km NW of Alex, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.35 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.04 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 3.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
- 2.76 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
- 3.56 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 24
- 3.16 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3196 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 3.73 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 131
- 2.45 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.84 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 126
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
The first 60 of 86.
Before
- 2.715 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 16
- 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.610 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 3.02 km E of Bradley, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 15
- 3.28 km SE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3229 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 8
- 2.16 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3229 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 35
- 2.610 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3229 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
- 3.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 16
- 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 362
- 2.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3233 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 39
- 2.41 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3237 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 24
- 2.77 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3237 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.60 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3238 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 10
- 2.31 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3238 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
- 2.60 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3238 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 14
- 2.02 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3238 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 5
- 2.50 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
- 2.90 km NNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 49
- 2.41 km NE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bsqe. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:46 PM UTC.