M2.9 earthquake 3 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 3 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 23, 2017, 11:18 PM CST (05:18 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 8 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-24 05:18:50 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.505° N, 97.226° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 22
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
22 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 2.8 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: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 3.16 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 8
- 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.710 km NNE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 6
- 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
- 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
- 2.93 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.84 km E of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.71 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
- 2.71 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 6
- 2.65 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3516 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3516 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.512 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
- 3.312 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 109
- 2.812 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 8
- 2.72 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
- 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 3.39 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 6
- 2.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 23
- 2.56 km WSW of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 2.97 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.58 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.73 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
- 2.26 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.43 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.810 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 71.
Before
- 2.34 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3539 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.59 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 6
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 29
- 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 7
- 2.85 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 13
- 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 50
- 2.711 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
- 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 2.58 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.511 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 9
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