Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 3 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 3 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 6 km W of Langston, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-03-16 15:28:46 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.812° N, 97.237° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.2 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
78°
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 170 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.66 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.67 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 3.43 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.110 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.59 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4214 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.59 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4214 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.88 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4214 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.95 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4214 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 44
  10. 2.83 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  11. 2.77 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.81 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.77 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.53 km SSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.87 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 3.16 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.66 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.79 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
  21. 3.26 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  22. 2.713 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.510 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.910 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
  26. 3.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 34
  27. 2.85 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.79 km ESE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 3.04 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
  30. 3.44 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
  31. 2.510 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 2.72 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.57 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.32 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  36. 3.39 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 13
  37. 2.94 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.69 km NNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 2.85 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 3.46 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.64 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 3.62 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 24
  45. 2.82 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 2.87 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 2.87 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 3.66 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.66 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  50. 3.97 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 12
  51. 2.76 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 2.910 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 3.711 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 20
  54. 2.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  57. 2.511 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  58. 3.213 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 5
  59. 2.55 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.56 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 3.03 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.24 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.53 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.69 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.66 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.68 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.86 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.99 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 3.12 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.67 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.99 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.710 km S of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.89 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.310 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.61 km NW of Minco, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.56 km NNE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.56 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.67 km W of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.59 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001msn. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:43 PM UTC.