Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 8 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 8 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma on Sat, Nov 2, 2013, 4:36 AM CDT (09:36 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
3.5 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2013-11-02 09:36:45 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.598° N, 97.367° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
153
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
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

153 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
3.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 28°, dip 83°, rake -158°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 295°, dip 68°, rake -7°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
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: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.98 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4714 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 10
  2. 2.88 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4714 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  3. 3.28 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4714 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 26
  4. 3.46 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4714 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 109
  5. 2.78 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4714 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  6. 3.07 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4713 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 15
  7. 2.68 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4713 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  8. 2.58 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4713 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 9
  9. 3.38 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4712 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 88
  10. 2.58 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4712 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.41 km NW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4712 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.08 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4711 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 3.88 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4711 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 339
  14. 2.58 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4711 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 3.25 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4711 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 38
  16. 2.18 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4708 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.67 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4708 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4708 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 71
  19. 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4708 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.47 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4708 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.68 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4708 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  22. 2.22 km NNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 4706 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 2.38 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  24. 2.53 km SSE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  25. 3.58 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 118
  26. 2.38 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
  27. 2.18 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  28. 1.98 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 6
  29. 1.98 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 2.35 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 2.44 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 3.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 49
  33. 2.18 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4705 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 3.37 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4704 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 43
  35. 1.610 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4704 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4704 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
  37. 3.211 km SSE of Prague, Oklahoma · 4703 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 7
  38. 2.75 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 4703 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 6
  39. 2.38 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4703 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 4
  40. 1.99 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4703 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 2.28 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4703 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.77 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4702 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 8
  43. 2.47 km SE of Amber, Oklahoma · 4702 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
  44. 2.28 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4702 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  45. 3.07 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4701 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 43
  46. 2.67 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4701 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  47. 2.58 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4700 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  48. 2.78 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4700 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
  49. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4699 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  50. 2.15 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 2.88 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 8
  52. 2.46 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 2.86 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  54. 3.25 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 20
  55. 1.97 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4694 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 2.07 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4694 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  57. 3.66 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4694 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 61
  58. 2.910 km ESE of Cashion, Oklahoma · 4692 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 16
  59. 2.210 km ESE of Cashion, Oklahoma · 4691 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  60. 3.08 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4689 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 10

The first 60 of 103.

Before

  1. 2.22 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4716 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.68 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4716 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.78 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4717 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.54 km NNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4720 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.88 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4723 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.88 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4726 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.58 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4728 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.95 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 4729 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 2.55 km N of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 4734 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4736 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.10 km N of Prague, Oklahoma · 4736 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.710 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4738 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.910 km ESE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4738 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 9
  14. 2.66 km N of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 4739 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away

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