M2.8 earthquake 10 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 10 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma on Thu, Mar 16, 2017, 1:20 AM CDT (06:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 8 km SW of Shamrock, 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
- 2017-03-16 06:20:13 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.234° N, 97.195° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person 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 1.0 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 23°
- 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: 134 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.512 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3474 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.81 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3472 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.50 km WSW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.72 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 8
- 2.18 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3471 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.78 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 37
- 2.52 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3471 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.712 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
- 2.68 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.13 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
- 2.65 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.67 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 3.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 13
- 3.14 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
- 3.04 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.84 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.53 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.84 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 64
- 2.94 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.812 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.18 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 257
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3462 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.80 km N of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.77 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.812 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.75 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
- 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 2.35 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 2.69 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.55 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 12
- 3.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.82 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.42 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.35 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3456 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.710 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.48 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 278
- 2.77 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.02 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
The first 60 of 134.
Before
- 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 6
- 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.43 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 2.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3479 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.83 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.45 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.714 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.614 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.916 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.53 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.26 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008sf2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.