Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 12 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 12 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma on Thu, May 15, 2014, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC), 7 km (4 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
2014-05-15 20:23:21 UTC
Depth
6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.776° N, 97.479° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
32
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?

32 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
3.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 208°, dip 80°, rake 170°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 300°, dip 80°, rake 10°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
70°
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 107 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.712 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.69 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.69 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.69 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 3.19 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.53 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 8
  7. 3.12 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 13
  8. 2.52 km S of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.84 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4518 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 3.22 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4518 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 51
  11. 2.89 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4518 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.79 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4518 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.69 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4518 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 3.26 km E of Carney, Oklahoma · 4518 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 10
  15. 2.52 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4518 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.510 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 3.05 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.92 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 27
  19. 3.26 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 3.02 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 2.72 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 2.512 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4516 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  23. 3.21 km SE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4516 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 21
  24. 2.72 km SE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4516 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 3.32 km SE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4516 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 13
  26. 3.42 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4516 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 44
  27. 2.57 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4516 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 3.12 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4516 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 6
  29. 2.63 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
  30. 2.23 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  31. 2.66 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.56 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
  33. 2.13 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 2.57 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
  36. 3.05 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4514 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 2.89 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4514 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 3.511 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4514 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 152
  39. 2.510 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4514 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 2.92 km SE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4513 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 12
  41. 2.75 km SSE of Amber, Oklahoma · 4512 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.84 km SSE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.43 km SSE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 2.68 km SSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 2.711 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4510 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 2.611 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4509 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 4509 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 2.25 km ESE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4509 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 2.911 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4508 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 2.86 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4508 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 2.98 km NW of Carney, Oklahoma · 4507 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 2.94 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4507 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 1.83 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4507 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  54. 2.74 km SE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4507 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  55. 2.66 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4506 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 2.84 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4506 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  57. 2.57 km SSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4506 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 3.15 km E of Carrier, Oklahoma · 4505 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 20
  59. 3.71 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4505 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 128
  60. 2.31 km SE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4505 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.69 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4521 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.79 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4521 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.99 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4521 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.69 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4521 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.61 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4522 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 12
  6. 2.8Oklahoma · 4522 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.77 km NNE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4522 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 3.310 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4522 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 10
  9. 2.85 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4523 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.810 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4523 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.810 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4523 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 8
  12. 2.39 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4523 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.910 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4523 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 8
  14. 2.78 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4524 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.85 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4524 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  16. 3.07 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4524 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.72 km WSW of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4525 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
  18. 3.05 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4525 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.75 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4525 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.76 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4526 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4

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