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, Aug 8, 2017, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 15 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-08-08 19:27:06 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.532° N, 98.968° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
89°
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: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.26 km W of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.315 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3336 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.721 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3336 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  6. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3334 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.126 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3333 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.128 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3333 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3330 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3325 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.327 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3324 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 3.03 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3323 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3323 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 3.23 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3323 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 10
  15. 2.815 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3322 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.810 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3322 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.426 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3322 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.919 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3322 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 2.73 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3322 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.814 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3321 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.816 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3321 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 3.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3320 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 21
  23. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3319 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.59 km E of Mutual, Oklahoma · 3319 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 2.626 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3318 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.56 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3309 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 2.52 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3309 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  30. 2.627 km NW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3307 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3307 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 2.41 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3305 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  33. 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3305 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
  34. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3304 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
  35. 2.41 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3304 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  39. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  46. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 2.65 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 2.527 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 2.84 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 2.56 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3286 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.80 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  56. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  57. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  58. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 2.85 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 61.

Before

  1. 2.65 km WNW of Drummond, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.87 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3342 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.62 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.316 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3345 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 7
  5. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3345 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.65 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3345 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.18 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3347 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
  8. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3347 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3348 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.526 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3348 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3349 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  12. 2.728 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3350 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.425 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3350 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.726 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3351 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
  15. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.627 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.57 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.726 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3355 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.926 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3355 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a61j. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.