Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 10 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 10 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas on Mon, Mar 20, 2017, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 7 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-03-20 18:47:13 UTC
Depth
10.2 km (6.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.919° N, 98.129° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
97°
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: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3473 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3472 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.50 km WSW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3472 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.18 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3471 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.813 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.52 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3471 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.92 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 3.67 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 7
  11. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 3.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 13
  13. 3.14 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  14. 3.04 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.84 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.53 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 3.84 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 64
  18. 2.94 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.513 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.39 km ESE of Clearwater, Kansas · 3465 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.63 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 4.18 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 257
  28. 2.910 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3463 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 13
  29. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 2.80 km N of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.512 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3460 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 2.81 km ESE of Medicine Lodge, Kansas · 3460 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
  34. 2.75 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
  35. 1.96 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3459 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 2.28 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  37. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3458 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  38. 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 2.69 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 2.72 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  41. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 2.82 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 2.42 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 2.56 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  46. 3.35 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 2.615 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 2.09 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3456 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3456 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 3.29 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.715 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 2.42 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.111 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 1.92 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  60. 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 176.

Before

  1. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3474 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.55 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3474 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.97 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.74 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3476 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 8
  10. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 2.7Kansas · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.05 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 2.07 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.512 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.83 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008tci. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC.