M2.6 earthquake 4 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Sun, May 7, 2017, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 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
- 2017-05-07 22:20:15 UTC
- Depth
- 4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.694° N, 97.291° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 29°
- 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: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.36 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
- 2.59 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.617 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.52 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 13
- 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.810 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.26 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 7
- 2.03 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
- 2.310 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.72 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km NW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.16 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
- 2.96 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
- 3.36 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 9
- 2.79 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.25 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 3407 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 10
- 3.19 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3406 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.04 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
- 2.95 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 53
- 3.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
- 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 15
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.94 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.19 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.94 km SSE of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 51
- 2.45 km S of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 3
- 2.63 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 4
- 2.56 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.41 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.61 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 6
- 3.02 km NNE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.46 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3393 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
- 3.28 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 10
- 2.51 km SW of Agra, Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.26 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 4
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 21
- 2.43 km W of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 3390 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
- 2.28 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3389 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
The first 60 of 93.
Before
- 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.17 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.38 km SE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.610 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.98 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 15
- 2.98 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.79 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.51 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 6
- 2.35 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 8
- 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 15
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008qd8. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:38 AM UTC.