Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 6 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma on Tue, May 9, 2017, 9:30 AM CDT (14:30 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 1 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-05-09 14:30:05 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.602° N, 97.611° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
15
Strongest shaking
IV, light 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
IV, light shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

15 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong 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 1.2 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
49°
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: 149 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.48 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.88 km SSE of Milton, Kansas · 3422 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 10
  4. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3421 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.54 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3421 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.36 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
  8. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.617 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3418 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.810 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.03 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 9
  18. 2.310 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.66 km WNW of Harper, Kansas · 3415 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.56 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.54 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 2.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 3.46 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 8
  25. 2.57 km NW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 3.36 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 9
  27. 1.96 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 2.610 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  31. 2.39 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 2.06 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 2.26 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 2.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 1.86 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 2.06 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 2.610 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3406 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  41. 1.87 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3406 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.94 km NNE of Freeport, Kansas · 3404 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 2.59 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.610 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3404 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 12
  46. 2.04 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
  47. 2.95 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 53
  48. 1.54 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3403 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 2.25 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 2.510 km WNW of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
  51. 2.62 km SSE of Clearwater, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 3.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
  53. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 2.38 km SSW of Clearwater, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3401 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  57. 3.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 15
  58. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  59. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  60. 2.94 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of 149.

Before

  1. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3424 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  3. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 3.25 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.211 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 3.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 14
  12. 3.17 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008qt6. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:41 AM UTC.