Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 12 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 12 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Tue, Feb 21, 2017, 2:57 AM CST (08:57 UTC), 6 km (4 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
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-02-21 08:57:06 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.488° N, 98.806° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
56°
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: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 2.817 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 2.517 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.75 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3501 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 3.115 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.810 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 3.39 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
  17. 3.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
  18. 3.311 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  21. 1.79 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  23. 2.99 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 3.29 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 2.16 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.69 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 2.613 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  30. 3.810 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
  31. 2.78 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 2.815 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3490 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
  34. 2.9Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 2.56 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.45 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 2.512 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3486 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 3.49 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  41. 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 8
  42. 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  44. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 2.97 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 3.110 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 2.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  50. 2.813 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  51. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  52. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  53. 2.89 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.92 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 3.67 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
  56. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 3.84 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 64
  58. 2.58 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3474 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 2.513 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 2.48 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of 105.

Before

  1. 3.19 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.77 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.75 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3512 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.58 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3512 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3512 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.6Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.014 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.5Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 3.27 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  16. 3.210 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.57 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.65 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.18 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 3.09 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008l2b. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:06 AM UTC.