Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 8 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 8 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Mon, Nov 4, 2013, 10:01 PM CST (04:01 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 8 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2013-11-05 04:01:34 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.604° N, 97.371° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
339
Strongest shaking
IV, light 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
IV, light shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

339 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

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
3.8 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 34°, dip 84°, rake -157°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 302°, dip 67°, rake -6°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
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: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.58 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 3.25 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 38
  3. 2.18 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4702 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.67 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4702 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4702 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 71
  6. 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4702 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.47 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4702 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.68 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4702 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  9. 2.22 km NNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.38 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.53 km SSE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.58 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 118
  13. 2.38 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.18 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 1.98 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 6
  16. 1.98 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 2.35 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.44 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 3.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 49
  20. 2.18 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 3.37 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 43
  22. 1.610 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4697 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3
  24. 3.211 km SSE of Prague, Oklahoma · 4697 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 7
  25. 2.75 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 4697 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 6
  26. 2.38 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4697 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 4
  27. 1.99 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4696 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 2.28 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4696 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.77 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4696 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 8
  30. 2.47 km SE of Amber, Oklahoma · 4696 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
  31. 2.28 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4695 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  32. 3.07 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4695 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 43
  33. 2.67 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4695 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  34. 2.58 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4694 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  35. 2.78 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4694 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
  36. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4692 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 2.15 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4692 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 2.88 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4692 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 8
  39. 2.46 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4692 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 2.86 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4692 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  41. 3.25 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4692 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 20
  42. 1.97 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4688 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 2.07 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4687 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 3.66 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4687 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 61
  45. 2.910 km ESE of Cashion, Oklahoma · 4686 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 16
  46. 2.210 km ESE of Cashion, Oklahoma · 4685 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  47. 3.08 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4683 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 10
  48. 2.48 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4681 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 2.26 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4681 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 7
  50. 2.38 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4681 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  51. 2.58 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4681 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
  52. 3.06 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4679 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 7
  53. 1.93 km N of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4678 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 3.27 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4678 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 16
  55. 3.17 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4678 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  56. 2.46 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 4677 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  57. 2.06 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4677 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  58. 2.86 km N of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 4676 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.76 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4675 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 6
  60. 4.58 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4672 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1,682

The first 60 of 93.

Before

  1. 2.08 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.41 km NW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.58 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4706 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  4. 3.38 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4706 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 88
  5. 2.58 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 9
  6. 2.68 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  7. 3.07 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 15
  8. 2.78 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  9. 3.46 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 109
  10. 3.28 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 26
  11. 2.88 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.98 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 10
  13. 3.58 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4707 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 153
  14. 2.22 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4710 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.68 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4710 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.78 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4711 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.54 km NNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4714 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.88 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4717 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.88 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4720 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  20. 2.58 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4722 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away

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