Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 13 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Wed, Mar 22, 2017, 8:36 AM CDT (13:36 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 2 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-03-22 13:36:27 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.483° N, 98.800° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 2.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
55°
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: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.89 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.92 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 3.67 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
  6. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 3.84 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 64
  8. 2.58 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.513 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.48 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 3.015 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 2.715 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.63 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.78 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.512 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3460 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.81 km ESE of Medicine Lodge, Kansas · 3460 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  20. 2.75 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  21. 2.28 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3458 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 2.69 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 2.72 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  27. 2.82 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.42 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.56 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 3.35 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 2.615 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 2.09 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3456 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 3.29 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3456 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  36. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  37. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  38. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.715 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 2.42 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  41. 1.92 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 2.810 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
  46. 2.51 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 2.915 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.26 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3450 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 2.52 km SW of Waldron, Kansas · 3447 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  51. 2.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3445 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 2.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3445 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.51 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.65 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 3.38 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
  58. 3.04 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  59. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 2.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3473 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 3.110 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3473 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.97 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 8
  10. 3.49 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3479 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.512 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.45 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.56 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.9Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 3.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3484 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.815 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.78 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 3.810 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008tqm. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:48 PM UTC.