Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 4 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 4 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma on Sun, Nov 6, 2011, 1:31 AM CDT (06:31 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 4 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2011-11-06 06:31:11 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.479° N, 96.859° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
167
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

167 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique normal
Nodal plane 1
Strike 234°, dip 86°, rake -135°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 140°, dip 45°, rake -5°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
34°
Stations used
55

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 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.25 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 64
  2. 3.66 km ENE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 3.02 km SSW of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 3.18 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 9
  5. 3.55 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 15
  6. 3.75 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 224
  7. 3.68 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 268
  8. 3.15 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 57
  9. 2.87 km ENE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 31
  10. 2.93 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 210
  11. 3.84 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 640
  12. 2.98 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 3.46 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 174
  14. 3.14 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 184
  15. 2.99 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5433 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 2.98 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5433 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 52
  17. 3.09 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5433 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 42
  18. 3.39 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5433 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 212
  19. 3.17 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5433 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 2.59 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5433 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 3.19 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5433 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 3.15 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5433 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 251
  23. 3.29 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5433 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  24. 4.89 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5432 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 16,034
  25. 3.19 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5432 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 3.58 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5432 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 459
  27. 3.48 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5431 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 134
  28. 3.01 km SW of Spencer, Oklahoma · 5431 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 2.99 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5431 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 3.25 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5430 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 102
  31. 3.28 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5429 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  32. 3.17 km NNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5428 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 47
  33. 3.27 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5428 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  34. 1.63 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5428 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  35. 2.55 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5427 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 8
  36. 3.25 km SSE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5427 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 77
  37. 2.94 km SSE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5427 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  38. 3.29 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5426 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 75
  39. 2.58 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5425 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 2.44 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5425 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 22
  41. 2.29 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5425 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  42. 2.89 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5424 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 50
  43. 2.79 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5424 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  44. 3.29 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5424 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 18
  45. 2.80 km W of Jones, Oklahoma · 5422 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 23
  46. 3.39 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5422 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 37
  47. 2.88 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5420 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 30
  48. 2.64 km S of Luther, Oklahoma · 5420 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 2.84 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 5419 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 29
  50. 3.08 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5418 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 31
  51. 3.45 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5415 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 362
  52. 2.54 km SSE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5414 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  53. 3.45 km SSE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5414 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 43
  54. 3.46 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5414 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 50
  55. 2.47 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5414 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 17
  56. 3.14 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 5413 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 61
  57. 2.78 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5411 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 44
  58. 2.73 km SW of Arpelar, Oklahoma · 5411 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
  59. 2.77 km NE of McLoud, Oklahoma · 5409 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
  60. 3.38 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5407 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 27

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 3.38 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 3.99 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 3.09 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 4.08 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 5.78 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 59,356
  6. 3.08 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 3.69 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5435 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 261
  8. 3.28 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5435 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 159
  9. 3.49 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5435 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 128
  10. 3.38 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5435 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 162
  11. 2.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5435 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.67 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5435 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 7
  13. 2.69 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5435 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 16
  14. 3.38 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5435 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 176
  15. 4.88 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5435 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 10,180
  16. 3.40 km WNW of Spencer, Oklahoma · 5443 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 200
  17. 3.20 km SSW of Spencer, Oklahoma · 5443 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 182
  18. 2.40 km N of Jones, Oklahoma · 5444 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 2.81 km SW of Spencer, Oklahoma · 5448 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 12
  20. 2.61 km SSW of Spencer, Oklahoma · 5448 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 29

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jadz (also filed as usb0006knw). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:07 AM UTC.