M3.5 earthquake 2 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 2 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma on Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 8:21 PM CST (02:21 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 10 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-16 02:21:40 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.367° N, 98.159° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 11
- 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
- Peak ground acceleration
- 2137.0% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 0.4 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
11 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- 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
- 3.37 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3232 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3232 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3231 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.66 km WSW of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3231 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.45 km WSW of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3231 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.14 km WSW of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.36 km WSW of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3229 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
- 3.28 km SE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3229 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 8
- 1.86 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3229 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.62 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3229 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.610 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3228 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 2.85 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.93 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 9
- 2.79 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.34 km NNW of North Enid, Oklahoma · 3225 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3224 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3224 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.64 km WSW of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km WSW of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 2.89 km NNW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
- 2.59 km NNW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
- 2.85 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 2.13 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.410 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.46 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 13
- 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3221 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3221 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.94 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3221 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.48 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3221 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.83 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3219 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.22 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3219 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.015 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
- 1.56 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 3.13 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 10
- 2.53 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.513 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.63 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
- 2.54 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 6
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.56 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.05 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.110 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 887
- 2.510 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 10
- 2.518 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.52 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.29 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.513 km E of Chester, Oklahoma · 3212 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
- 2.713 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3212 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3211 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of 149.
Before
- 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3234 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.58 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3235 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3236 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3236 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3236 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3237 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.77 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3237 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.210 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.47 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.57 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.711 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.52 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.94 km W of Amorita, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.41 km NE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 3.210 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 1.74 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3240 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 3.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 17
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