Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 14 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Tue, Oct 3, 2017, 9:35 AM CDT (14:35 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km N of Dover, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-10-03 14:35:57 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.457° N, 98.821° 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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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.8 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
42°
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: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.80 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 2.33 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.85 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.67 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 3.07 km W of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 3.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3270 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 2.31 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.93 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3267 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  23. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.923 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
  25. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 3
  26. 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  27. 3.15 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  28. 3.95 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 73
  29. 3.05 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.25 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  34. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 2.85 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  38. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 3.74 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 10
  40. 3.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  41. 2.34 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.712 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  43. 3.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.54 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 3.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  46. 3.7Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.44 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 3.43 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.74 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.13 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 2.73 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.86 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  54. 2.75 km S of Dover, OK · 3250 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 11
  55. 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.41 km NE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.94 km W of Amorita, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.52 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.57 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3246 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 96.

Before

  1. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.56 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.84 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.527 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3292 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.65 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3292 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3304 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.41 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3305 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b0gv. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC.