Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 6 km WSW of Sparks, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km WSW of Sparks, Oklahoma on Sun, Mar 5, 2017, 6:04 AM CST (12:04 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-03-05 12:04:21 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.594° N, 96.885° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
58°
Stations used
41

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.64 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.97 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.58 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 1.73 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
  10. 2.26 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.53 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.916 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.614 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.714 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.43 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
  20. 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.810 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.512 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.65 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 1.81 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 2.72 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 8
  27. 3.78 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 37
  28. 2.59 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 2.712 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  30. 2.68 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  32. 3.13 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
  33. 2.65 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 2.56 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  35. 3.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 13
  36. 3.14 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  37. 3.04 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 2.84 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 2.53 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 2.94 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3474 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.89 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3474 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3474 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.812 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3472 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.29 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.77 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  52. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 2.812 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  57. 2.35 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 3.55 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 12
  60. 3.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 92.

Before

  1. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 23
  2. 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 3.39 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 6
  5. 2.86 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  9. 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.94 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.72 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 8
  14. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.7Oklahoma · 3510 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.812 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.312 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 109

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008743. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC.