Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 6 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma on Thu, Apr 13, 2017, 2:04 AM CDT (07:04 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 6 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-04-13 07:04:01 UTC
Depth
7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.884° N, 98.358° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.5 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
100°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 112 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.36 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3448 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.57 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 12
  3. 3.17 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.76 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.87 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.83 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  7. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.51 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.87 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  11. 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.63 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 3.07 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 11
  15. 2.97 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.33 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 15
  18. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.35 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 8
  20. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  21. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 2.51 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.98 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 2.38 km SE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  31. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.64 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 2.52 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  40. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  41. 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  42. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 142
  44. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 13
  47. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 2.72 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 2.52 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  51. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.83 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 2.03 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  57. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 9
  58. 2.310 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.56 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 112.

Before

  1. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  2. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.51 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 3.29 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 3.35 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.56 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.42 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.82 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.72 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.35 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.75 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.812 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008h6a. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC.