M2.4 earthquake 6 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 8:57 AM CST (14:57 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 3 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-31 14:57:00 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.889° N, 97.286° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 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 1.2 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- 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: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 7
- 2.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3186 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.5Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 10
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3184 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 6
- 2.64 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3178 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.44 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 3177 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 3.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3174 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 174
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3174 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3173 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 19
- 3.18 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3170 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.513 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3169 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 2.43 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3169 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
- 2.74 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3164 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3162 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
- 2.72 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3160 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.73 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3157 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 6
- 2.69 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3157 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3154 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Union City, Oklahoma · 3154 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3154 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km SSE of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3153 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.74 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
- 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 26
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 8
- 2.76 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 11
- 2.36 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.06 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
- 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
- 2.610 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3146 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3146 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.63 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3146 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3145 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 14
- 2.82 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 13
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
- 2.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3141 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.510 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.23 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
- 2.79 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of 72.
Before
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 2.68 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 3.84 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 126
- 2.45 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.73 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 131
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3195 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
- 2.56 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 7
- 3.56 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 24
- 2.66 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 7
- 2.76 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3197 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 3.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 7
- 3.04 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000byj0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.