M3.7 earthquake 3 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 3 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 28, 2017, 2:11 PM CST (20:11 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-28 20:11:14 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.422° N, 97.024° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 131
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
One house damaged at McLoud.
From the USGS event page for us1000bx99. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 5.7% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 0.9 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
131 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 37°
- 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: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.45 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.53 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.46 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3196 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3196 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 7
- 2.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3195 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.5Oklahoma · 3194 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 10
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3194 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.46 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 6
- 2.44 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 3186 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 3.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3183 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 174
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3183 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3183 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 19
- 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.513 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3178 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 2.43 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3178 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3177 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.86 km SW of Lamar, Oklahoma · 3177 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
- 2.55 km N of Foster, Oklahoma · 3175 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3175 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3174 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 5
- 2.74 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3174 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3174 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3173 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.76 km N of Foster, Oklahoma · 3172 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.72 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3169 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.73 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3168 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 6
- 2.69 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3163 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Union City, Oklahoma · 3163 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.26 km N of Foster, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3159 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 8
- 2.610 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3156 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.63 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3155 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.17 km S of Washington, Oklahoma · 3153 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 2.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.510 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.23 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5
- 2.79 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.91 km NW of Minco, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 9
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3145 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 8
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3145 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3145 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.18 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
- 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
Before
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3204 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
- 2.56 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3206 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3206 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
- 3.56 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3206 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 24
- 2.66 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3206 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
- 2.76 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3207 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 3.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3207 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 7
- 3.04 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.03 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 3.05 km NW of Alex, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
- 3.06 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3209 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km NW of Alex, Oklahoma · 3209 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.58 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3210 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3211 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3212 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.05 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3212 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bx99. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:36 AM UTC.