Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 6 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 6 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma on Sun, May 14, 2017, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 6 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-05-15 02:46:39 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.618° N, 96.892° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
7
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.7 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
37°
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: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.03 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.310 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.56 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3415 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.72 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.57 km NW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 3.16 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.96 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
  8. 3.36 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 9
  9. 2.79 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 3.25 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 3407 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 10
  12. 3.19 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3407 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.52 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3406 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.59 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.04 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
  17. 2.95 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 53
  18. 3.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  19. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 3.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 15
  21. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 2.94 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 3.19 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  25. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 2.94 km SSE of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 51
  28. 2.45 km S of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
  30. 2.63 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
  33. 2.56 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 2.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 6
  36. 3.02 km NNE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3395 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 2.46 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 7
  39. 2.51 km SW of Agra, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.26 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  41. 2.7Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 21
  42. 2.43 km W of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  43. 2.28 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3389 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 3.3Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 9
  45. 2.72 km SSW of Agra, Oklahoma · 3386 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3385 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.69 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3385 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 2.37 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3385 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 3.23 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3384 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 12
  50. 2.53 km NNW of Seminole, Oklahoma · 3384 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.25 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.27 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 3.06 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.9Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  55. 2.59 km NE of McLoud, Oklahoma · 3381 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4
  56. 2.310 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3381 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.68 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3379 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 2.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  59. 2.714 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 2.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 13
  5. 2.52 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.617 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.59 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.36 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 7
  10. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.7Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.64 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 3.17 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008sh9. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC.