Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 3, 2017, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-09-03 22:48:49 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.464° N, 98.760° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
40°
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: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3305 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.810 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3304 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.66 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.56 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 827
  7. 2.52 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
  8. 3.09 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.627 km NW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 2.41 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
  14. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.41 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3294 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  26. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.65 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.527 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 2.84 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 2.56 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  34. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  35. 2.49 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3278 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.80 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  39. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  40. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  41. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 2.33 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.85 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  46. 2.67 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  48. 3.07 km W of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3266 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  51. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  52. 2.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 3.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3262 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 2.31 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 1.89 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 2.93 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3310 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  2. 1.710 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3311 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.06 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.626 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.59 km E of Mutual, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.35 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3311 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 3.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 21
  10. 2.816 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.36 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.814 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.73 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.919 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 2.426 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.810 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.815 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.23 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 10
  19. 2.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 3.03 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000afau. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:27 PM UTC.