M3.0 earthquake 6 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 16, 2017, 7:38 AM CST (13:38 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 4 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
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-16 13:38:16 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.889° N, 97.283° 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 III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 28°
- 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: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.58 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3205 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3204 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.37 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3204 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 3.06 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3204 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 7
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 2.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.35 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.04 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 3.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3202 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 7
- 2.76 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3202 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3201 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 7
- 3.56 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3201 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 24
- 3.16 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3201 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3201 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
- 3.73 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3194 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 131
- 2.45 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma · 3194 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.84 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3193 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 126
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3193 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3193 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3193 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3193 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3193 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3193 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3192 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3192 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.46 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 7
- 2.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3191 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.5Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 10
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3184 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 6
- 2.64 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3183 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.44 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma · 3181 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 3.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3178 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 174
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3178 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3178 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 19
- 3.18 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3175 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3174 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.513 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3173 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 2.43 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3173 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3170 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3169 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
- 2.74 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3169 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3169 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3168 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3167 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
- 2.72 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3164 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 2.73 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3163 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 6
- 2.69 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3159 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Union City, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km SSE of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3157 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.74 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3156 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
The first 60 of 83.
Before
- 2.89 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3207 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3207 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.05 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3207 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.84 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 3210 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 5
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3211 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3212 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
- 2.614 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 3.29 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 2.93 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
- 2.52 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 10
- 2.510 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.110 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 887
- 2.513 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.56 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.54 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 6
- 2.15 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 2.63 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c585. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC.