Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 8 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Wed, May 9, 2018, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 9 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-05-09 17:21:18 UTC
Depth
6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.536° N, 98.962° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
76°
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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.09 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3058 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.513 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3056 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.57 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.716 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3049 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 2.66 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3043 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.48 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1,955
  7. 2.98 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.98 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.87 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3026 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  10. 3.115 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3025 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.63 km N of Chester, Oklahoma · 3016 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.74 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3015 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 3.04 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3014 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3013 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3010 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.58 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3007 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.62 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.95 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3002 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 2.414 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3065 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 2.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3066 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3066 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 2.814 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3067 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3067 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3067 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.513 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 7
  11. 2.814 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 2.81 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3080 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3080 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 3.116 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 7
  15. 2.914 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3084 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3084 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.823 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e1fl. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.