Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 1 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 1 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma on Sat, May 31, 2014, 5:18 AM CDT (10:18 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
3.7 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2014-05-31 10:18:06 UTC
Depth
7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.493° N, 97.251° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
128
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?

128 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
3.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 146°, dip 72°, rake -26°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 245°, dip 66°, rake -160°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Station coverage gap
55°
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: 187 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.31 km SE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4497 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.82 km E of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4497 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 3.18 km SSW of Boley, Oklahoma · 4496 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 9
  4. 2.72 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4496 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  5. 3.63 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4496 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 104
  6. 2.83 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4496 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
  7. 3.21 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4495 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 9
  8. 3.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4495 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 9
  9. 3.18 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4495 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 6
  10. 2.77 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4495 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.89 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4495 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.89 km SSE of Warwick, Oklahoma · 4495 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 2.68 km NW of Carney, Oklahoma · 4494 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 2.91 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4494 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.610 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4494 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 2.58 km SSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4494 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.33 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4492 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.53 km SSE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4492 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.76 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 4492 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.610 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4492 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 2.43 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4492 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  22. 2.65 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4491 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 2.75 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4491 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 2.52 km ESE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4490 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 2.38 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4489 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  26. 2.68 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 4488 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 3.18 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4487 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 33
  28. 2.70 km E of Quay, Oklahoma · 4487 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 3.18 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4487 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 7
  30. 2.78 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4487 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  31. 2.08 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4487 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  32. 2.31 km N of Jones, Oklahoma · 4486 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 4
  33. 2.53 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4485 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  34. 2.75 km ESE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4485 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 2.37 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4485 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
  36. 2.512 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4484 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  37. 2.75 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4484 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 2.811 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4482 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 3.57 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4481 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 42
  40. 4.37 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4481 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 581
  41. 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4481 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 35
  42. 2.87 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4481 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 15
  43. 2.54 km ESE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4481 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 2.87 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4481 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 9
  45. 2.71 km E of Jones, Oklahoma · 4481 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 2.77 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 12
  47. 2.77 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  48. 3.07 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 10
  49. 2.52 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 2.67 km W of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 3.45 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 2.64 km SSE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 3.07 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 12
  55. 4.17 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 239
  56. 3.25 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 6
  57. 3.15 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 2.65 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 2.55 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 3.24 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of 187.

Before

  1. 2.57 km SSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4498 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.84 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4499 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.66 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4499 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.74 km SE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4499 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.83 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4499 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.98 km NW of Carney, Oklahoma · 4500 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.86 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4500 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.911 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4500 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.25 km ESE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4501 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 4501 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.611 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4502 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.711 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4503 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000r9fa. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC.