M2.6 earthquake 4 km N of Union City, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km N of Union City, Oklahoma on Sun, Jan 1, 2017, 2:16 PM CST (20:16 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 11 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-01 20:16:19 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.436° N, 97.943° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.5 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- 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: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.15 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 9
- 2.511 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.58 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.711 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
- 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 50
- 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 29
- 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 6
- 2.59 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.34 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 2.413 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 2.93 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 22
- 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.613 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3512 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.71 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3512 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 2.71 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.76 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 8
- 2.94 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
- 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 2.63 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 12
- 2.57 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 9
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 34
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 19
- 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
- 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
- 2.85 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 9
- 3.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 52
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 8
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 248
- 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 6
- 2.42 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.61 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
- 2.51 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3569 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 6
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007p4e. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC.