Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 3 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 3 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma on Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 6:02 AM CST (12:02 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 4 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-01-26 12:02:32 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.386° N, 97.701° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
9
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

9 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.4 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
30°
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: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 114 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.6Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 3.20 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 7
  4. 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.54 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.510 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.99 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3532 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.74 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3532 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 3.01 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.53 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 3.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.813 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 3.01 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 6
  18. 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.18 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 5
  21. 1.65 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 6
  23. 2.57 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 1.97 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.57 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3526 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 3.27 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  31. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.83 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 2.23 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3525 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 1.63 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3525 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 2.23 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 2.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  37. 1.66 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3524 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 1.66 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3524 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 2.93 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 3.412 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.84 km E of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  43. 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 2.14 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 2.5Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 3.014 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 2.62 km ESE of South Haven, Kansas · 3522 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 7
  48. 1.75 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 3.02 km ESE of South Haven, Kansas · 3522 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  53. 2.71 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  54. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.96 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3520 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.71 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  57. 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  58. 2.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 2.73 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
  60. 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3518 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 3.03 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.94 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.05 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.78 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.16 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 8
  7. 1.98 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.04 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 2.61 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3538 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.35 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3538 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 3.1Oklahoma · 3538 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.63 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.13 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.87 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3539 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3539 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3539 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007vhf. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:27 PM UTC.