Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Mon, Jul 24, 2017, 8:46 AM CDT (13:46 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-07-24 13:46:05 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.484° N, 98.730° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person 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 2.3 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
48°
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: 88 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.726 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3352 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 2.57 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3352 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 2.627 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3351 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3351 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.726 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3349 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.425 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3348 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.728 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3348 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3347 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 2.526 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3347 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 1.57 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3345 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3345 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 3.18 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3345 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.65 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3344 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3343 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 3.316 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3343 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 7
  17. 2.62 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3342 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.83 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.87 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.65 km WNW of Drummond, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  21. 1.92 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3339 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3339 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 3.26 km W of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.315 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3336 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3334 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.721 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3334 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  29. 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3333 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3333 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  31. 3.126 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3331 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  32. 3.128 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3331 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 3.37 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3329 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 12
  34. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3328 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.42 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3327 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 2.55 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3326 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.110 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3326 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3323 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 2.327 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3322 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 2.96 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3321 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 3.16 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3321 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 3.03 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3321 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3321 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 3.23 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3321 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 10
  45. 2.815 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3320 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.810 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3320 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 2.426 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3320 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  48. 2.919 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3320 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  49. 2.73 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3320 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  50. 2.814 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3320 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.36 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3319 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 2.816 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3319 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 3.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3319 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 21
  54. 2.35 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3317 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.59 km E of Mutual, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 2.626 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 3.06 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  60. 1.710 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3316 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 88.

Before

  1. 2.926 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3354 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  2. 3.39 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
  3. 1.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3354 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.13 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3355 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.727 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3356 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  7. 3.126 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3356 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.523 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3356 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3357 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.46 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.89 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3358 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3359 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.3Kansas · 3359 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.46 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3359 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 2.45 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3359 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3359 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3359 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 3.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3359 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 13
  19. 3.24 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 8
  20. 2.46 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3363 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a0ew. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:50 PM UTC.