M3.0 earthquake 9 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 9 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma on Sat, Sep 9, 2017, 6:34 AM CDT (11:34 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 4 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-09 11:34:55 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.641° N, 97.703° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.7 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- 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: 183 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7Kansas · 3300 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3300 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3299 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3299 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.72 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3299 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.16 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3298 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
- 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
- 3.45 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 11
- 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 8
- 2.811 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 1.62 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
- 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3294 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
- 2.48 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3293 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3291 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.98 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3290 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.46 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.410 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.41 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.52 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.88 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 3.810 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3286 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 67
- 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.38 km SE of Zenda, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.65 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 8
- 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.29 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
- 2.810 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.84 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
The first 60 of 183.
Before
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.46 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3301 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.52 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 827
- 2.56 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.611 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3302 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.53 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3302 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.71 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3302 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.79 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.810 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3303 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.66 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 3.36 km S of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3304 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 47
- 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3304 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
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