Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Sun, Aug 13, 2017, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 26 km SSE of Protection, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-08-14 01:06:52 UTC
Depth
6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.458° N, 98.774° 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 I, not felt shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.3 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
49°
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: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.126 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3326 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.128 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3326 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 3.37 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3324 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 12
  4. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3323 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.110 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3321 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3318 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 2.327 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.96 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 3.16 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 3.03 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 3.23 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 10
  13. 2.815 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.810 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 2.426 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.919 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.73 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.814 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.36 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.816 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 3.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 21
  22. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3312 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.59 km E of Mutual, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 2.626 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 3.06 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  27. 1.710 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3311 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  29. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  31. 1.810 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3304 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 2.66 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  33. 2.56 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 2.52 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  35. 3.09 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.627 km NW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 2.41 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  39. 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
  40. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
  41. 2.41 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  44. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  45. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  46. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  52. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.65 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  55. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 2.527 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 2.84 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 2.56 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 2.721 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3329 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3329 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3330 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.315 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3331 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.26 km W of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3332 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3332 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.65 km WNW of Drummond, Oklahoma · 3334 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.87 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3335 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.83 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3335 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.62 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  11. 3.316 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 7
  12. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.65 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.18 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 5
  15. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 1.57 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.526 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3342 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 2.728 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3343 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a7vx. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC.