Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Thu, Feb 16, 2017, 2:08 AM CST (08:08 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 9 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-02-16 08:08:28 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.462° N, 98.762° 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 II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
46°
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: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.58 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.75 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.77 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 3.19 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.712 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 2.817 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.517 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.75 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 3.115 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.810 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  22. 3.39 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  23. 3.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
  24. 3.311 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  25. 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3490 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  28. 1.79 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 2.99 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 3.29 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 2.16 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 2.69 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 2.613 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  37. 3.810 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
  38. 2.78 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 2.815 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  40. 3.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3484 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  41. 2.9Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 2.56 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.45 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 2.512 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 2.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 3.49 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.7Kansas · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 8
  51. 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  53. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 2.97 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 3.110 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3473 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3473 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 2.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 2.813 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  60. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of 108.

Before

  1. 2.6Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.014 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.5Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 3.27 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
  10. 3.210 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.57 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.65 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.18 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 3.09 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 3.01 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 6
  17. 2.813 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.610 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.53 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008k5i. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC.