M2.7 earthquake 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 4 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-17 20:26:36 UTC
- Depth
- 8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.455° N, 98.767° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- 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: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.44 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2926 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.51 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2925 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.64 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2923 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.55 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.04 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2918 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.01 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2918 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 2.91 km SSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2916 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.72 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2914 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.71 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2913 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2913 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.00 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2912 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.31 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2911 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2909 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.51 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2908 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.90 km WNW of Bison, Oklahoma · 2907 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.79 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 2902 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2902 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 3.10 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 2892 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.65 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 2887 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.50 km SE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2883 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.52 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2882 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2879 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.911 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2877 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2872 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.51 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.51 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2870 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.58 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2869 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.91 km S of Medford, Oklahoma · 2868 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 2.50 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2931 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.08 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2931 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2932 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2947 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
- 2.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2947 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.714 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2948 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
- 2.32 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2950 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.93 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2950 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.42 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2950 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2957 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hg29. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:08 PM UTC.