Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 13 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 7:28 PM CST (01:28 UTC), 5 km (3 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
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-20 01:28:56 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.466° N, 98.821° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
67°
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: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.316 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3176 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.927 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3175 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3175 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.525 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3173 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3172 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.826 km NW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.77 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3170 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.914 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3170 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.8Oklahoma · 3169 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3169 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.615 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.728 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.55 km SSE of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3162 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.74 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3162 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.727 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3162 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 3.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 26
  18. 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3160 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3160 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 2.76 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 11
  24. 2.36 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 3.06 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
  26. 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3157 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.96 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3157 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
  29. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3157 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
  30. 2.76 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3156 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 3.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3155 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 14
  32. 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3153 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 13
  33. 2.78 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  34. 2.711 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  35. 2.314 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  38. 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 3.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 13
  41. 3.128 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
  42. 2.84 km SSW of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 8
  43. 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 2.66 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 3.215 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 11
  46. 2.614 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3146 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 3.47 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3145 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6
  48. 2.412 km NNE of Woodward, Oklahoma · 3145 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.65 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3142 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 2.09 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3141 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  51. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3141 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
  52. 2.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3138 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3136 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.77 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3136 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  55. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 2.54 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 4.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2,000
  58. 4.25 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 831
  59. 3.05 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 8
  60. 2.84 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 18

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 2.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3178 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.614 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.813 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 3.18 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.614 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3182 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.717 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3184 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.50 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3186 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.87 km N of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.64 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3192 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3194 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 3.47 km NW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3194 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 8
  16. 2.64 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3196 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.48 km NNE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 3.222 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3202 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cln0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:16 AM UTC.