Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 7, 2017, 7:13 PM CST (01:13 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 8 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-12-08 01:13:42 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.481° N, 98.737° 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 3.3 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
86°
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: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.64 km WSW of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
  3. 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 3.52 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.97 km NNE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 2.926 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3211 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 3.117 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3210 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.52 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3210 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.722 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3209 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.621 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3209 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.88 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3206 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 75
  13. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3206 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.58 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3206 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.527 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3206 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.56 km ENE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3201 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3200 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
  18. 3.222 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3196 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.48 km NNE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3195 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 2.64 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3194 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  21. 3.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3192 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 8
  22. 2.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3192 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 2.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 2.64 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.87 km N of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  27. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3187 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3185 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 2.50 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3184 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.717 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3182 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  31. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.614 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.18 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
  34. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.813 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3178 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 2.614 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3178 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3176 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  38. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3175 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  39. 2.316 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3174 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 2.927 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3173 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3173 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 2.93 km ENE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3172 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.525 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3170 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3170 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  45. 2.826 km NW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3169 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 2.77 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3169 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3168 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 2.914 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3168 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.8Oklahoma · 3167 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
  51. 2.615 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3164 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.728 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3163 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 2.55 km SSE of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3160 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 2.74 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3160 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
  55. 2.727 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3159 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 3.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3159 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 26
  57. 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.71 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3158 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  60. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 2.713 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.513 km E of Chester, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.52 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.518 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3221 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 3.05 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3221 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.54 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
  8. 2.63 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.513 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.53 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 3.13 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 10
  13. 2.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.015 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3225 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3225 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.9Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.83 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 2.48 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3227 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.54 km SW of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3228 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c1x2. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:53 PM UTC.