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M 3.0ml

Earthquake near Meeker, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Meeker in the 24 hours to 2:55 pm CST (20:55 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 104 km (65 mi) W, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Meeker

This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) west-southwest of Meeker, OK, at 2:57 pm CDT on 18 March 2016 (19:57 UTC), 5.4 km deep. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 6 km WSW of Meeker, Oklahoma

49 km (30 mi) E of Oklahoma City, OK · 36 km (23 mi) E of Midwest City, OK

2:57 pm CDT, Mar 18, 2016 · · 5.4 km deep · released about 950 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lincoln County 25 kmPottawatomie County 31 kmOklahoma County 40 kmCleveland County 45 kmSeminole County 50 kmOkfuskee County 59 kmLogan County 64 kmPayne County 65 kmMcClain County 68 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
2:57 pm CDT on 18 March 2016 ()
Where
7 km (4 mi) west-southwest of Meeker, OK · earthquakes near Meeker
Oklahoma today
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Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
5.4 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Lincoln County, 25 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3014 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 73 km (45 mi) from the epicentre. In Meeker, 7 km away, the estimate is intensity III (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Likely felt in: Shawnee 19 km, intensity III · Chandler 25 km, intensity III · Prague 26 km, intensity III · Choctaw 27 km, intensity III · Luther 28 km, intensity III · Midwest City 39 km, intensity III · Stroud 40 km, intensity III · Edmond 49 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.2 on 2016-01-01 — about 63 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.7 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 20 km ENE of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 35.4911, -96.9746. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lincoln County, OK 25 km (16 mi) NNE earthquakes near Lincoln County
Pottawatomie County, OK 31 km (19 mi) S earthquakes near Pottawatomie County
Oklahoma County, OK 40 km (25 mi) W earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Cleveland County, OK 45 km (28 mi) SW earthquakes near Cleveland County
Seminole County, OK 50 km (31 mi) SE earthquakes near Seminole County
Okfuskee County, OK 59 km (36 mi) E earthquakes near Okfuskee County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.9 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma
  2. 3.7 5 km W of Fallis, Oklahoma
  3. 2.9 7 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma
  4. 3.0 7 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma
  5. 2.8 7 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma
  6. 3.0 1 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  7. 2.9 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma
  8. 3.6 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma
  9. 2.8 Oklahoma
  10. 3.6 7 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma
  11. 2.5 7 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma
  12. 2.8 7 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma
  13. 2.5 2 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  14. 3.0 7 km W of Cromwell, Oklahoma
  15. 2.5 10 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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