M2.8 earthquake 6 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 6, 2017, 5:46 PM CST (23:46 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-06 23:46:48 UTC
- Depth
- 6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.867° N, 97.313° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 7
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.1 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 25°
- 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: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.62 km NNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 8
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
- 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3538 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 7
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 29
- 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 6
- 2.59 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.85 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.73 km SSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 3.016 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 12
- 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.34 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 2.93 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 22
- 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 3.16 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 8
- 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 9
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.710 km NNE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 6
- 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
- 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
- 2.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3516 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 2.93 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.412 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km E of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.71 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
- 2.71 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 2.73 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
- 3.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7
- 2.96 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
The first 60 of 93.
Before
- 2.85 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 13
- 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 50
- 2.711 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4
- 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 2.58 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.511 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 9
- 3.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 9
- 2.712 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 3.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 10
- 3.39 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
- 2.63 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 12
- 2.57 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 9
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.15 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007rsa. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.