M3.2 earthquake 4 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 4 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma on Sun, Jul 16, 2017, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 5 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (mb_lg), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-17 03:29:22 UTC
- Depth
- 2.2 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.247° N, 98.438° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 8
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
8 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 1.1 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 24°
- Stations used
- 147
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 13
- 2.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.45 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.46 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.59 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3352 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.46 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3352 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.13 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3349 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3348 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.39 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3348 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3347 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3345 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.45 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3344 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3342 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3342 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.18 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.316 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 7
- 2.62 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3335 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3334 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.65 km WNW of Drummond, Oklahoma · 3333 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3332 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.98 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3332 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.26 km W of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3331 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
- 2.315 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3330 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3329 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3328 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.721 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3328 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
- 2.612 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3327 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.39 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3327 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3327 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3326 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.37 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3323 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 12
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3322 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3320 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.110 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3320 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.68 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3319 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.46 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.79 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.96 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.16 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 2.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.23 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 10
- 2.815 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.810 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.919 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.96 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
- 2.73 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.814 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 2.36 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.816 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 21
The first 60 of 91.
Before
- 2.74 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3356 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.46 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.29 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 13
- 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 9
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 17
- 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 12
- 2.86 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.614 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
- 1.97 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 7
- 2.64 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.44 km W of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.72 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.27 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.013 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.87 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009wut. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC.