Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 21 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 21 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Sat, Aug 12, 2017, 7:53 AM CDT (12:53 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-08-12 12:53:06 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.450° N, 98.709° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 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 2.0 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
62°
Stations used
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3327 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3327 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.126 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3325 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.128 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3325 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 3.37 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3324 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 12
  6. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3322 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.55 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3320 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.110 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3320 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.327 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.96 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 3.16 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.03 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 3.23 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 10
  16. 2.815 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.810 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.426 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.919 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.73 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.814 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.36 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.816 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 3.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 21
  25. 2.35 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.59 km E of Mutual, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 2.626 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 3.06 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  31. 1.710 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3311 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3310 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
  33. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  34. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3305 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 1.810 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3304 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 2.66 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.56 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 4.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 827
  40. 2.52 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  41. 3.09 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.627 km NW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  45. 2.41 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  46. 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  47. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
  48. 2.41 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3294 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  59. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  60. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 79.

Before

  1. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3328 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3329 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.315 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3330 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.26 km W of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3331 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3332 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 1.92 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3333 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.65 km WNW of Drummond, Oklahoma · 3333 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.87 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3334 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.83 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3335 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.62 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  11. 3.316 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 7
  12. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.65 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.18 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
  15. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 1.57 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 2.526 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.728 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3342 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a7kj. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC.