Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 15 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 15 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 9 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-09-20 00:37:00 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.457° N, 98.797° 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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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
38°
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: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.65 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.527 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.84 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 2.56 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.49 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3278 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.80 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  16. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  18. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.33 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.85 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  23. 2.67 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3267 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 3.07 km W of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3266 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  28. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 2.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 3.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3262 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  32. 2.31 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  33. 1.89 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 2.93 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  37. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 2.923 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
  39. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
  40. 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  41. 3.15 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  42. 3.95 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 73
  43. 3.05 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.25 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  48. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.85 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  53. 3.74 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 10
  54. 3.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  55. 2.34 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  56. 2.712 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 3.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.54 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 3.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  60. 3.7Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 86.

Before

  1. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3294 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.41 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.41 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.627 km NW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 3.09 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.52 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.56 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.66 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.810 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3304 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3306 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000are1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:58 PM UTC.