Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 9 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Tue, Feb 21, 2017, 9:02 AM CST (15:02 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 17 km W of Aline, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-02-21 15:02:23 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.531° N, 98.970° 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 2.8 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
87°
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: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.817 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 2.517 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.75 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 3.115 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.810 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  13. 3.39 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  14. 3.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  15. 3.311 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 2.99 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 3.29 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 2.69 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.613 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  24. 3.810 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.78 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.815 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.9Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.56 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.512 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 3.49 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  32. 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 8
  33. 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 2.97 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  38. 3.110 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3473 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3473 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 2.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 2.813 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  42. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 2.89 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.92 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 2.58 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 2.513 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 2.48 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 3.015 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 2.715 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 2.78 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  56. 2.512 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3460 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 2.81 km ESE of Medicine Lodge, Kansas · 3459 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  58. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3458 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 2.72 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 80.

Before

  1. 2.712 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 3.19 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.77 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.58 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.014 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.5Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 3.27 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  14. 3.210 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.57 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 3.09 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.813 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.610 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  19. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  20. 2.53 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008l5y. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:54 AM UTC.