M3.4 earthquake 6 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Sat, Nov 2, 2013, 9:19 AM CDT (14:19 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 8 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-11-02 14:19:01 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.611° N, 97.361° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 109
- Strongest shaking
- III, weak shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- III, weak shaking
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
109 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 3.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 198°, dip 85°, rake -177°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 107°, dip 87°, rake -5°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- 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: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.78 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
- 3.07 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 15
- 2.68 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
- 2.58 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 9
- 3.38 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4706 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 88
- 2.58 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
- 2.41 km NW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.08 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.88 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 339
- 2.58 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4704 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.25 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4704 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 38
- 2.18 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4702 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
- 2.67 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4701 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4701 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 71
- 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4701 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.47 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4701 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.68 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4701 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
- 2.22 km NNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.38 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.53 km SSE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
- 3.58 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 118
- 2.38 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 5
- 2.18 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.98 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 6
- 1.98 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.35 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.44 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 49
- 2.18 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.37 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 43
- 1.610 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
- 2.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4697 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3
- 3.211 km SSE of Prague, Oklahoma · 4697 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 7
- 2.75 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 4696 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 6
- 2.38 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4696 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
- 1.99 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4696 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4696 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4696 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 8
- 2.47 km SE of Amber, Oklahoma · 4696 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
- 2.28 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4695 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.07 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4695 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 43
- 2.67 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4694 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
- 2.58 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4694 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
- 2.78 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4693 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
- 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4692 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4692 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.88 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4691 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 8
- 2.46 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4691 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.86 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4691 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
- 3.25 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4691 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 20
- 1.97 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4687 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.07 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4687 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.66 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4687 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 61
- 2.910 km ESE of Cashion, Oklahoma · 4686 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 16
- 2.210 km ESE of Cashion, Oklahoma · 4684 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
- 3.08 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4683 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 10
- 2.48 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4681 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.26 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4681 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 7
- 2.38 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4681 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.58 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4681 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
The first 60 of 100.
Before
- 3.28 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 26
- 2.88 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
- 2.98 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 10
- 3.58 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 153
- 2.22 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4709 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.68 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4710 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
- 2.78 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4710 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.54 km NNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4713 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.88 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4717 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.88 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4720 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.58 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4722 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.95 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 4722 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.55 km N of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 4727 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4730 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.10 km N of Prague, Oklahoma · 4730 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.710 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4731 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.910 km ESE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4732 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 9
- 2.66 km N of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 4733 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
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