Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 13 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 13 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 23, 2017, 7:48 PM CST (01:48 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 10 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-01-24 01:48:00 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.767° N, 98.522° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 3.3 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: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.613 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.53 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.610 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 3.09 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  11. 3.210 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.5Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3516 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.6Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.58 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 2.77 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 3.19 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.712 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.817 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 2.517 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 2.75 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  33. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  34. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 3.115 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  39. 2.810 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 3.39 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  41. 3.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  42. 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 2.99 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 3.29 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.69 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 2.613 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.810 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  50. 2.78 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  51. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 3.49 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 2.97 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 2.813 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 2.89 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 61.

Before

  1. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.59 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3539 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.612 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3539 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
  10. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 3.3Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 7
  19. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.711 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007v3m. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:08 AM UTC.