M3.3 earthquake 9 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma on Wed, Mar 1, 2017, 6:30 PM CST (00:30 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 10 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-02 00:30:40 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.843° N, 96.646° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 6
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
6 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 2.6 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- 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: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 23
- 2.56 km WSW of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
- 2.97 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.58 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.73 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 2.26 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.53 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
- 2.916 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.614 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.714 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3479 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.43 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3479 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3479 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 3.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
- 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 2.810 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3474 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.81 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3472 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.50 km WSW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3472 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.72 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3472 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 8
- 3.78 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 37
- 2.59 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.712 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
- 2.68 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.13 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
- 2.65 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 3.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 13
- 3.14 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 3.04 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.84 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.53 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.94 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.812 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 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 · 50 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.812 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of 95.
Before
- 2.86 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.514 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.94 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 2.72 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 8
- 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
- 2.812 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 3.312 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 109
- 2.512 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 2.76 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100086el. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:08 AM UTC.