M2.5 earthquake 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Tue, Jan 24, 2017, 1:13 PM CST (19:13 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 4 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-24 19:13:23 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.672° N, 97.399° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.9 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 23°
- 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: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.04 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 3.16 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 8
- 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 9
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.710 km NNE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
- 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
- 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
- 2.93 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.412 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km E of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.71 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
- 2.71 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
- 3.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 7
- 2.96 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.512 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
- 3.312 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 109
- 2.812 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 8
- 2.72 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
- 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.514 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 3.39 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
- 2.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 23
- 2.99 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.29 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 106.
Before
- 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 22
- 2.34 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 3.016 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 12
- 2.85 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.59 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
- 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 29
- 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 7
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 7
- 2.85 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 13
- 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 50
- 2.711 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007v8u. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:03 AM UTC.