M4.0 earthquake 6 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma on Sun, Nov 30, 2014, 4:24 AM CST (10:24 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-11-30 10:24:44 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.603° N, 97.607° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 109
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- 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

Did you feel it?
109 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.

Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
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
- 4.0 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 72°, dip 77°, rake -178°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 342°, dip 88°, rake -13°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.8 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- 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
- 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.02 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.56 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.74 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.03 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.65 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 3.27 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 3.47 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 1.97 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.15 km S of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 3.25 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.19 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.94 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.03 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.111 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 1.94 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.82 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 5
- 1.52 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.511 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.911 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.52 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 69
- 3.86 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 50
- 2.96 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.53 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.45 km S of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 11
- 2.86 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
- 2.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.610 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.12 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.05 km S of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.72 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.15 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 2.74 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.611 km W of Norwich, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.53 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 16
The first 60 of 200.
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