Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 10:38 AM CDT (15:38 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 3 km W of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-10-17 15:38:10 UTC
Depth
8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.462° N, 98.764° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
60°
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: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.31 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.89 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.93 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.923 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  9. 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.15 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.95 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 73
  12. 3.05 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.25 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.85 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 3.74 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 10
  23. 3.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  24. 2.34 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.712 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  26. 3.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.54 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 3.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  29. 3.7Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.44 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 3.43 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.74 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.13 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.73 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.86 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3243 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.75 km S of Dover, OK · 3242 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 11
  38. 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3242 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.59 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3242 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 2.41 km NE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.94 km W of Amorita, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.52 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.57 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 2.47 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3236 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3235 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  48. 2.58 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3235 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.626 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3234 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3234 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
  51. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3233 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.52 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3233 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 11
  53. 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3231 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 2.66 km WSW of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.45 km WSW of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 3.14 km WSW of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.36 km WSW of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.610 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3229 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6
  59. 2.610 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  60. 2.85 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 100.

Before

  1. 3.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 3.07 km W of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3266 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.67 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.85 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.33 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  15. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  16. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.80 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.49 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3278 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000atft. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.