Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 6 km E of Carney, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 6 km E of Carney, Oklahoma on Thu, May 1, 2014, 5:04 AM CDT (10:04 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 7 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2014-05-01 10:04:07 UTC
Depth
4.4 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.811° N, 96.936° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
9
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?

9 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
Oblique normal
Moment magnitude
3.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 294°, dip 84°, rake -34°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 28°, dip 56°, rake -173°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Station coverage gap
56°
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: 191 in the 60 days after this one and 144 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.64 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4534 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 3.13 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4534 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 6
  3. 3.210 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4534 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4534 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 3.06 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4533 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 3.27 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4533 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 42
  7. 2.96 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4533 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 8
  8. 2.66 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4533 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.65 km SW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4532 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.54 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4531 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 3.24 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4530 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 2.77 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4529 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.74 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4529 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.66 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4528 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 3.28 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4528 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.56 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4528 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 3.012 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4527 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.912 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4527 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.65 km SW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4526 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 2.72 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4526 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 2.710 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4526 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 2.812 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4526 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 2.76 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4526 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
  24. 2.72 km WSW of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4524 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  25. 3.07 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4524 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 2.85 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4524 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.78 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4524 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
  28. 2.910 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4523 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 8
  29. 2.39 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4523 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.810 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4523 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 8
  31. 2.810 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4522 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
  32. 3.310 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4522 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 10
  33. 2.77 km NNE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4522 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 2.8Oklahoma · 4522 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 2.61 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4521 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 12
  36. 2.69 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4521 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 2.99 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 2.79 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.69 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 3.412 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 32
  41. 2.712 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 2.69 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 2.69 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 2.69 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  45. 3.19 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 2.53 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 8
  47. 3.12 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4518 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 13
  48. 2.52 km S of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4518 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 3.22 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4518 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 51
  50. 2.89 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4518 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 2.79 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4518 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  52. 2.69 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4518 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 3.26 km E of Carney, Oklahoma · 4518 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 10
  54. 2.52 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.510 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  56. 2.92 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 27
  57. 3.26 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 3.02 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  59. 2.72 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 2.512 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4516 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 191.

Before

  1. 2.16 km E of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4535 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 8
  2. 3.15 km S of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4535 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 7
  3. 2.66 km S of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4535 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.54 km N of Quay, Oklahoma · 4535 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.65 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4536 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.56 km SE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4536 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.66 km SE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4536 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.55 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4536 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.72 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 4536 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.71 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4537 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 6
  11. 2.912 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4537 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
  12. 2.51 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4537 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
  13. 2.71 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4537 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 22
  14. 2.81 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4537 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 7
  15. 2.51 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4538 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.93 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4538 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
  17. 3.21 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4538 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 111
  18. 2.84 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4538 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.62 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4538 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.92 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 4539 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000q694. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:24 PM UTC.