M3.3 earthquake 4 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 4 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Sun, Nov 30, 2014, 6:18 AM CST (12:18 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 3 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-11-30 12:18:58 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.673° N, 97.379° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 66
- 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?
66 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
- 3.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 200°, dip 90°, rake -170°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 110°, dip 80°, rake 0°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.8 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 119 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.96 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.54 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.63 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.610 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.84 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.44 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 94
- 2.511 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 20
- 2.76 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.26 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.53 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.26 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 20
- 3.010 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 3.02 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.62 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.87 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
- 3.15 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.77 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 145
- 2.6Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.710 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.27 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
- 2.34 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.66 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 98
- 3.210 km SE of Cashion, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 23
- 2.50 km SSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.03 km WSW of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 2.72 km S of Marland, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.211 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.96 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 5
- 3.75 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 20
- 2.84 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.85 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.62 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.54 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.92 km ENE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.95 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.55 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.74 km WSW of Boley, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.94 km WSW of Boley, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km WSW of Boley, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.73 km WSW of Boley, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 8
- 2.38 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.69 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.52 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.16 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 9
- 2.74 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 3.05 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 23
- 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4309 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4309 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 3.68 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4321 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 178
- 2.6Oklahoma · 4323 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.714 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4323 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.64 km NNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4324 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.54 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4324 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6
- 2.94 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4324 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 11
- 3.06 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4324 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4324 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4324 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.37 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4324 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 12
- 2.96 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4325 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4325 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 18
- 3.46 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4325 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 50
- 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4325 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.84 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4325 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.513 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4325 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.713 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4325 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4325 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.85 km SW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4326 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km SW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4326 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
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