Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Fri, Mar 24, 2017, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 4 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-03-25 03:35:34 UTC
Depth
7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.457° N, 98.763° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 2.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
61°
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: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.84 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 64
  2. 2.58 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.513 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 2.48 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 3.015 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 2.715 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.63 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 2.78 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.512 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3460 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.81 km ESE of Medicine Lodge, Kansas · 3459 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.75 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.28 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3458 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.69 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.72 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  21. 2.82 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.42 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 2.56 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 3.35 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 2.615 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 2.09 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3456 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 3.29 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  32. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.715 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.42 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  35. 1.92 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 2.810 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3452 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
  40. 2.51 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 2.915 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3450 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.26 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 2.52 km SW of Waldron, Kansas · 3446 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  45. 2.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3444 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3444 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.51 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3441 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.65 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 3.38 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
  52. 3.04 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  53. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  55. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  57. 2.51 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  60. 2.98 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 99.

Before

  1. 3.67 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 7
  2. 2.92 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.89 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.813 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3473 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 3.110 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3473 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 2.97 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 8
  16. 2.7Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.49 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008ui0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:57 AM UTC.