Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 5 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 5 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma on Sun, Nov 6, 2011, 3:39 AM CST (09:39 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 9 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2011-11-06 09:39:57 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.469° N, 96.865° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
224
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

224 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
Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1
Strike 320°, dip 90°, rake -10°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 50°, dip 80°, rake -180°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
33°
Stations used
71

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.68 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 268
  2. 3.15 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 57
  3. 2.87 km ENE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 31
  4. 2.93 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 210
  5. 3.84 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 640
  6. 2.98 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 3.46 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 174
  8. 3.14 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 184
  9. 2.99 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 2.98 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5440 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 52
  11. 3.09 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5440 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 42
  12. 3.39 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5440 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 212
  13. 3.17 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5440 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.59 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5440 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 3.19 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5440 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 3.15 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5440 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 251
  17. 3.29 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5440 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 4.89 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5439 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 16,034
  19. 3.19 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5439 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 3.58 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5439 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 459
  21. 3.48 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5438 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 134
  22. 3.01 km SW of Spencer, Oklahoma · 5438 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 2.99 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5438 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 3.25 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5437 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 102
  25. 3.28 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5436 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 3.17 km NNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5435 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 47
  27. 3.27 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5435 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 1.63 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5435 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 2.55 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 8
  30. 3.25 km SSE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 77
  31. 2.94 km SSE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5434 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 3.29 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5433 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 75
  33. 2.58 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5433 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 2.44 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5432 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 22
  35. 2.29 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5432 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 2.89 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5431 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 50
  37. 2.79 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5431 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 3.29 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5431 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 18
  39. 2.80 km W of Jones, Oklahoma · 5429 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 23
  40. 3.39 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5429 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 37
  41. 2.88 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5427 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 30
  42. 2.64 km S of Luther, Oklahoma · 5427 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  43. 2.84 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 5426 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 29
  44. 3.08 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5426 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 31
  45. 3.45 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5423 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 362
  46. 2.54 km SSE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5422 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  47. 3.45 km SSE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5422 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 43
  48. 3.46 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5422 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 50
  49. 2.47 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5421 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 17
  50. 3.14 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 5420 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 61
  51. 2.78 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5418 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 44
  52. 2.73 km SW of Arpelar, Oklahoma · 5418 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.77 km NE of McLoud, Oklahoma · 5416 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
  54. 3.38 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5414 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 27
  55. 2.39 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5414 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 13
  56. 2.35 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 5413 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 13
  57. 3.05 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5408 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
  58. 2.57 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5405 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 2.50 km SSE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 5404 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 15
  60. 3.69 km NW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5392 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 38

The first 60 of 67.

Before

  1. 3.55 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 15
  2. 3.18 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 9
  3. 3.02 km SSW of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 3.66 km ENE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 3.25 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 64
  6. 3.74 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 167
  7. 3.38 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 3.99 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 3.09 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 4.08 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 5.78 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 59,356
  12. 3.08 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5441 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 3.69 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5442 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 261
  14. 3.28 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5442 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 159
  15. 3.49 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5442 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 128
  16. 3.38 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5442 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 162
  17. 2.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5442 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.67 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5442 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 7
  19. 2.69 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5442 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 16
  20. 3.38 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5442 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 176

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jaep (also filed as usb0006kqq). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:51 AM UTC.