Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 7 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 7 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma on Sun, May 17, 2015, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 6 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-05-18 02:01:29 UTC
Depth
5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.814° N, 97.452° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
18
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

18 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.5 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
69°
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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 138 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.87 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.87 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 3.58 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 56
  4. 2.56 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.56 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.02 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.92 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.69 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.95 km S of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.96 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.67 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.610 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.87 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.78 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.73 km ESE of Quay, Oklahoma · 4148 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.67 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 3.07 km SE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 3.34 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
  20. 2.77 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.65 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.5Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 2.47 km SW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.75 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 15
  25. 1.97 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.37 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.2Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.76 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 8
  29. 2.35 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
  30. 2.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 3.210 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
  32. 2.47 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  33. 2.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 7
  34. 3.02 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  35. 2.63 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 3.03 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  37. 3.02 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.5Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 3.07 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
  40. 2.14 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.57 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  42. 3.18 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
  43. 2.52 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 11
  44. 2.67 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 3.17 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.57 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 3.010 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 9
  48. 3.59 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 37
  49. 2.75 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 2.57 km S of Meno, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 2.77 km NNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 2.54 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.72 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 2.48 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.3Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.211 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.55 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 3.17 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4135 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  59. 3.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4135 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 15
  60. 3.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4135 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 6

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.69 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.52 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.93 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 3.42 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
  5. 3.22 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.010 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4151 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 3.39 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4151 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.58 km SW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.85 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.83 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4152 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.54 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 3.11 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.20 km W of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.10 km SW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
  16. 3.21 km E of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.16 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4153 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.66 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.56 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4154 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.57 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4155 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002a2w. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:04 PM UTC.