Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 6 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 6 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma on Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 7 km S of Cheney, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-08-30 00:43:56 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.936° N, 97.890° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people 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 0.9 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
39°
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: 167 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.710 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3311 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 1.66 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3310 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3310 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  4. 3.47 km S of Cheney, Kansas · 3310 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 96
  5. 2.44 km SSE of Cheney, Kansas · 3308 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.33 km SSE of Cheney, Kansas · 3307 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.410 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3306 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 1.910 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3306 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.24 km SSE of Cheney, Kansas · 3306 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.310 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3306 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.24 km SE of Cheney, Kansas · 3306 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.510 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3305 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 2.85 km SSE of Cheney, Kansas · 3305 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 24
  17. 1.810 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3304 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3304 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.66 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.810 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3303 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 1.71 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3303 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 1.53 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3302 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 2.611 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3302 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 2.56 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 4.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 827
  26. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 2.52 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.46 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 3.09 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.7Kansas · 3300 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.67 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3300 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3299 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 2.57 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3299 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 2.72 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3299 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 2.16 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3298 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
  43. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  44. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
  45. 3.45 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 11
  46. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.88 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  50. 3.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 8
  51. 2.811 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  52. 1.62 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  53. 2.07 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5
  54. 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3294 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 3.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  58. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  59. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5
  60. 2.48 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3293 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of 167.

Before

  1. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.01 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3311 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.35 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 3.44 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3312 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.36 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.02 km WSW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3313 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 8
  8. 2.73 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 1.65 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 3314 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.96 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.919 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.810 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.18 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3315 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 3.23 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 10
  15. 3.03 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  16. 3.16 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 2.96 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  18. 1.54 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3316 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.79 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ad20. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:36 PM UTC.