Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 5 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 5 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma on Tue, Oct 1, 2013, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 6 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2013-10-02 00:38:52 UTC
Depth
4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.594° N, 97.831° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
18
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
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Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

18 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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

How well it is located

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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: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.94 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4736 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  2. 3.33 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4736 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 3.27 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4733 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.76 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4732 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.53 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4731 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 2.53 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4728 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.75 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4728 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.76 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4726 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 3.13 km SW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4721 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.98 km ESE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4719 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 2.88 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4717 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.43 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4716 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 3.05 km SW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4715 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 7
  14. 2.22 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4710 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 3.44 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4698 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 28
  16. 2.15 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4692 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.46 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4692 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.86 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4692 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  19. 3.25 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4692 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 20
  20. 3.66 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4687 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 61
  21. 2.910 km ESE of Cashion, Oklahoma · 4686 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 16
  22. 2.210 km ESE of Cashion, Oklahoma · 4685 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  23. 3.04 km NNW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4683 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 7
  24. 2.48 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4682 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.38 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4681 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 2.58 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4681 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
  27. 2.65 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4681 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  28. 2.65 km NNW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4680 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 3.06 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4679 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 7

Before

  1. 3.15 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4739 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 3.24 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4739 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 11
  3. 2.87 km NNE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4749 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.74 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4751 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.77 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4752 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 2.47 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4754 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4756 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 7
  8. 2.211 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4766 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000k498. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC.