Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Fri, Jun 23, 2017, 12:04 AM CDT (05:04 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 9 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-06-23 05:04:38 UTC
Depth
1.4 km (0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.448° N, 98.786° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people 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 1.2 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
71

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.41 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.86 km N of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 20
  3. 2.2Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.310 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 3.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.8Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 3.12 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.6Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3368 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.74 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3367 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.85 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.15 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 11
  14. 2.810 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.113 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.511 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 2.713 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3364 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.87 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  19. 3.013 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.27 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 2.72 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.512 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 1.97 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.614 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
  27. 2.86 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 12
  29. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 17
  30. 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 9
  31. 2.46 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 3.24 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3355 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 8
  33. 3.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 13
  34. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3353 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 2.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 2.45 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  37. 2.46 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  38. 2.3Kansas · 3353 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3353 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 1.89 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3352 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 2.46 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3352 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 2.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3351 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 2.523 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3350 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 3.126 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3350 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 2.727 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3350 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  46. 2.13 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3349 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3349 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 3.39 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3348 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
  49. 2.926 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3348 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
  50. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3347 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.726 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 2.57 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 2.627 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3345 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 2.726 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3344 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
  56. 2.425 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3342 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 2.728 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3342 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 2.526 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away

The first 60 of 81.

Before

  1. 2.17 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3380 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3381 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.56 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.70 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.09 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3383 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3384 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.55 km W of Alva, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.4Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 3.18 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3393 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 3.115 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 5
  14. 3.26 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.56 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3395 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  17. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3396 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.89 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3396 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 2.713 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.913 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009p7s. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:04 PM UTC.