Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 8 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma on Wed, Mar 8, 2017, 6:29 PM CST (00:29 UTC), 6 km (4 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 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-03-09 00:29:34 UTC
Depth
6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.553° N, 96.748° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
77°
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: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.73 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.26 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.53 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 2.43 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
  10. 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.810 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.512 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.65 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.81 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.72 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3479 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 8
  17. 3.78 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 37
  18. 2.59 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.712 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.68 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 3.13 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
  23. 2.65 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 2.56 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.89 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.812 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.29 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.77 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 2.812 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
  37. 2.35 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  38. 3.55 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 12
  39. 3.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  40. 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.710 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3462 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 3.48 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 278
  43. 2.77 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.02 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
  45. 2.610 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  47. 2.76 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 3.57 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 12
  49. 3.17 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 2.87 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.83 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
  52. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  54. 2.56 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 2.87 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3450 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
  56. 2.63 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 3.07 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 11
  58. 2.97 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
  59. 2.33 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 15

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 2.97 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.64 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  3. 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.56 km WSW of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 23
  7. 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 3.39 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 6
  10. 2.86 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.94 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.72 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 8
  16. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.7Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.812 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3512 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.312 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3512 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 109
  20. 2.512 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100087ud. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:19 PM UTC.