Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 14 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Thu, Oct 5, 2017, 12:43 PM CDT (17:43 UTC), 7 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
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-10-05 17:43:16 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.458° N, 98.818° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
55°
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: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.33 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.85 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 2.67 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 3.07 km W of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 3.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.31 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3270 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.89 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.93 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.923 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
  20. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3261 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
  21. 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  22. 3.15 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  23. 3.95 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 73
  24. 3.05 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  28. 3.25 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.85 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  33. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 3.74 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 10
  35. 3.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  36. 2.34 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.712 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  38. 3.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.54 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 3.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  41. 3.7Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.44 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 3.43 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.74 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  45. 3.13 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  46. 2.73 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.86 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.75 km S of Dover, OK · 3251 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 11
  50. 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.41 km NE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.94 km W of Amorita, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.52 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.57 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3247 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.47 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3247 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  59. 2.58 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3244 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  60. 2.626 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3243 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 93.

Before

  1. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  4. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.80 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3285 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3288 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.56 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 2.84 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 2.527 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3293 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.65 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3293 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b1jj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:35 AM UTC.