M3.0 earthquake 16 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 16 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma on Sun, Jan 22, 2017, 2:21 AM CST (08:21 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 6 km E of Lucien, 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
- 2017-01-22 08:21:00 UTC
- Depth
- 3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.443° N, 96.974° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 12
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
12 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 2.0 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 32°
- 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: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.87 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.34 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 3.16 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 8
- 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 9
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.20 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 7
- 2.54 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.99 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
- 2.813 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.710 km NNE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
- 3.01 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 6
- 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 5
- 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 6
- 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3519 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.97 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3518 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3518 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3517 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3516 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
- 2.93 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.412 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km E of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 2.62 km ESE of South Haven, Kansas · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 7
- 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.02 km ESE of South Haven, Kansas · 3513 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.71 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
- 2.71 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 6
- 3.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 7
- 2.96 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 3.32 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3508 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 6
- 2.65 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.512 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 3.312 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 109
- 2.812 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
- 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
The first 60 of 129.
Before
- 2.63 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km SSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.85 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 1.97 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 2.78 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 29
- 2.07 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3538 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 7
- 2.14 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.96 km WNW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
- 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3544 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007ust. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC.