Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 5 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 2, 2017, 8:21 PM CST (02:21 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 11 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-01-03 02:21:27 UTC
Depth
6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.830° N, 97.446° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
9
Strongest shaking
II, weak shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
II, weak shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

9 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
59°
Stations used
55

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 95.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007pdk. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:36 AM UTC.