M2.9 earthquake 7 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 7 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma on Fri, Oct 20, 2017, 11:51 PM CDT (04:51 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 6 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-21 04:51:02 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.103° N, 97.575° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 21°
- 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: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.713 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 2.48 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.58 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.45 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
- 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.713 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 2.22 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 10
- 2.54 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.14 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km E of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 24
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
- 2.38 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.813 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.31 km N of Jones, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
- 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 3.15 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 3.95 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 73
- 3.05 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 3.25 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.85 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
- 3.74 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 10
- 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 3.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
- 2.34 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
- 3.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 2.54 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.54 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.44 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.74 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 3.09 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.04 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 2.910 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 2.86 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3243 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km S of Dover, OK · 3242 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 11
- 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3242 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3242 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.21 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
- 2.00 km WSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 2.25 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
- 2.70 km N of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 20
- 3.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 17
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
- 3.210 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 2.30 km N of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 15
- 2.20 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 159.
Before
- 2.42 km E of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
- 2.710 km NNE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3261 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
- 2.512 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3261 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 3.11 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3261 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.23 km ESE of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
- 2.43 km ESE of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 20
- 3.37 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 3267 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 86
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 28
- 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.87 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
- 2.412 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3270 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
- 2.511 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.67 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000av3g. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:56 PM UTC.