Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 3 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 3 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma on Thu, May 8, 2014, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 9 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2014-05-08 20:40:32 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.577° N, 97.627° W
Region
Oklahoma
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

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Strongest estimated
IV, light shaking
Map
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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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
3.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 10°, dip 90°, rake -20°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 100°, dip 70°, rake -180°

How well it is located

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Depth from
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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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4497 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.56 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4496 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 3.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4495 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 9
  4. 3.18 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4495 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
  5. 2.77 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4495 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.89 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4495 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.68 km NW of Carney, Oklahoma · 4495 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.84 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4495 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.91 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4495 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.610 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4494 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.58 km SSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4494 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.33 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4493 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.53 km SSE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4492 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.610 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4492 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.65 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4492 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.75 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4492 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.610 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4491 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 2.68 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4491 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 2.38 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4490 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.86 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4490 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
  21. 2.66 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4489 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 2.38 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 4489 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.68 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 4489 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 2.57 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 4488 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 2.58 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4488 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 2.79 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4488 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 1.76 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4488 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 2.26 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4488 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 3.18 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4488 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 33
  30. 2.70 km E of Quay, Oklahoma · 4488 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 3.18 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4488 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 7
  32. 2.78 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4488 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  33. 2.08 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4487 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 2.62 km SSE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4487 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 3.00 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4487 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  36. 2.53 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4487 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 2.76 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4487 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.75 km ESE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4486 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 2.49 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4485 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 2.37 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4485 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
  41. 2.512 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4485 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.75 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4484 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 2.55 km W of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4483 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 3.35 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4483 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 3.06 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4483 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 3.08 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4483 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
  47. 2.811 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4483 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 2.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4481 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  49. 2.52 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 2.610 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 2.55 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 2.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 3.45 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 2.64 km SSE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 3.25 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 6
  56. 3.15 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 2.65 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 2.55 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 3.09 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 2.610 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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