Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Sun, Jan 14, 2018, 6:44 PM CST (00:44 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 8 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-01-15 00:44:35 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.450° N, 98.772° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people 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 1.9 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
54°
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: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.614 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.18 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 2.813 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.614 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3168 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3167 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.316 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3167 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 2.927 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.93 km ENE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.525 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3163 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3162 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.826 km NW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3162 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.77 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3162 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.914 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.8Oklahoma · 3159 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3159 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.615 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3157 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.728 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3155 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.55 km SSE of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3153 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 2.74 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
  24. 2.727 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 3.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 26
  26. 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 2.76 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 11
  32. 2.36 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 3.06 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  34. 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.96 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  37. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  38. 2.76 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3146 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 3.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3145 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 14
  40. 2.82 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 13
  42. 2.78 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3142 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 2.711 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3142 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.314 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3141 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  46. 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  47. 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 3.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 13
  50. 3.128 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  51. 2.84 km SSW of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 8
  52. 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 2.66 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 3.215 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3138 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 11
  55. 2.614 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3137 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 3.47 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
  57. 2.412 km NNE of Woodward, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.65 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  59. 2.09 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of 74.

Before

  1. 2.717 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3175 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 2.50 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3176 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3180 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.87 km N of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.64 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3183 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3184 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 3.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3184 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 8
  10. 2.64 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3186 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.48 km NNE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 3.222 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3192 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.56 km ENE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3194 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.527 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.58 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 3.88 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 75
  19. 2.621 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3201 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.722 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3201 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cjld. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.