M3.4 earthquake 9 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 9 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma on Wed, Feb 22, 2017, 2:57 AM CST (08:57 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 10 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-22 08:57:35 UTC
- Depth
- 8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.767° N, 97.640° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people 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 1.6 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- 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: 193 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.48 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3499 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 18
- 2.72 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.817 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.517 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.94 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.15 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3498 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3498 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3498 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.62 km E of Argonia, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
- 2.37 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.66 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.17 km NNE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.512 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.28 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.514 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.57 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.88 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.83 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.76 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3492 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.25 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.55 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3490 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 4
- 1.79 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3489 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.29 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3489 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.49 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3489 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 2.83 km E of South Haven, Kansas · 3487 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.310 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 3.210 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.97 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.47 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3485 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.87 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3484 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3484 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
- 2.56 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
- 2.26 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.916 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.614 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.17 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.63 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
The first 60 of 193.
Before
- 2.77 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008ldc. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC.