Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 14 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 14 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma on Sat, Aug 26, 2017, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 15 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-08-27 00:22:39 UTC
Depth
8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.795° N, 98.566° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person 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 1.8 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
40°
Stations used
61

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.36 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.816 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 3.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 21
  4. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.59 km E of Mutual, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.66 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.56 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.52 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.72 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.41 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.41 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.65 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.84 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 2.56 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  29. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  31. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  32. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  33. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  34. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 2.610 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 2.33 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 2.85 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 2.67 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 2.412 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3270 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  44. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 2.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 3.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  48. 2.512 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3261 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.42 km E of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
  50. 2.97 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.713 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  53. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 2.713 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.22 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 10

Before

  1. 2.73 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.919 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.810 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.815 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.23 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 10
  6. 2.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 3.03 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3318 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3323 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  10. 3.37 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3324 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 12
  11. 2.64 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3327 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3327 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.612 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3328 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.721 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3329 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  15. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3329 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3330 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.315 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3331 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  18. 3.26 km W of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3332 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3332 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.65 km WNW of Drummond, Oklahoma · 3334 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ac62. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:35 AM UTC.