Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 10 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 10 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas on Sun, May 7, 2017, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 6 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-05-07 21:08:21 UTC
Depth
8.3 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.918° N, 98.129° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.7 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
80°
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: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 15
  3. 2.48 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.88 km SSE of Milton, Kansas · 3422 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 10
  5. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3422 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 1.54 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3422 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 142
  14. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 2.810 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  21. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 9
  22. 2.66 km WNW of Harper, Kansas · 3415 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.54 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3414 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 3.215 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
  27. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 3.46 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 8
  30. 2.519 km WSW of Hardtner, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 1.96 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3411 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  33. 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3411 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 2.610 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 2.39 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  37. 2.06 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 2.26 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  39. 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3409 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 1.86 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 2.06 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 2.610 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
  46. 1.87 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3406 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  47. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.94 km NNE of Freeport, Kansas · 3405 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  49. 2.610 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3404 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 12
  50. 1.54 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3403 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 2.25 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3403 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 2.510 km WNW of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3403 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 6
  53. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  55. 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 2.62 km SSE of Clearwater, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 3.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  58. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 161.

Before

  1. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 3.25 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.54 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 2.211 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 3.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3428 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 14
  11. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.53 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.610 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008qcs. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC.