M2.6 earthquake 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Tue, Apr 11, 2017, 12:42 PM CDT (17:42 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 6 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-11 17:42:59 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.670° N, 97.393° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 38°
- 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: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.76 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3450 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.26 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.36 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3448 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 3.57 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 12
- 3.17 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.76 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 5
- 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.51 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.87 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
- 2.63 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.07 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 11
- 2.97 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 6
- 2.33 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 15
- 2.35 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 8
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
- 2.51 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.79 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.98 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.98 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 15
- 2.610 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.38 km SE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.17 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.64 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.36 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
- 2.59 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.617 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.52 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 13
- 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.810 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.26 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 7
- 2.03 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
- 2.310 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 2.72 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km NW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.16 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 2.96 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
The first 60 of 97.
Before
- 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.610 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.02 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
- 2.77 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 3.48 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 278
- 2.710 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.42 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.82 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 3.55 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 12
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.35 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
- 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.812 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008gp6. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC.