Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 7 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma on Fri, Mar 2, 2018, 1:16 AM CST (07:16 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 4 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-03-02 07:16:28 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.835° N, 97.986° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.2 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
80°
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: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.50 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3126 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 1.67 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3125 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.54 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 4.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2,000
  7. 2.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
  8. 4.25 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 831
  9. 3.05 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 8
  10. 2.84 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 18
  11. 2.18 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3122 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 3.83 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3122 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 124
  13. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.84 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3120 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3119 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
  17. 3.16 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3119 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
  18. 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3118 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3116 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3115 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.45 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3114 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 2.37 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3114 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 1.87 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3113 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 2.97 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 1.711 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 1.57 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 2.27 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3111 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 2.54 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3110 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  30. 1.913 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3109 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3108 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
  32. 3.010 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3107 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3107 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.85 km W of Danville, Kansas · 3107 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 2.55 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3107 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.64 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3106 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3106 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 2.97 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 1.95 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 3105 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 2.914 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  41. 3.15 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
  42. 3.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
  43. 2.614 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  45. 2.28 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 3.27 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 2.09 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3104 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 2.75 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 3.05 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  50. 2.28 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3103 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  51. 2.46 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  52. 2.55 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.67 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.514 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.61 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.67 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3099 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  58. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3096 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 2.71 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3096 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  60. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3096 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of 152.

Before

  1. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3127 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.64 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3128 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.96 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3128 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.64 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3129 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3130 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3130 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  9. 3.05 km S of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.09 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 3.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.05 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 2.65 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 3.18 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 3.47 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3136 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000davr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.